Marseilles

Meanings

Proper Noun

• capital city Bouches-du-Rhône (department) France (country) ; capital city r:pref, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Noun

• A kind of fabric made from two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming a double cloth, quilted in the loom.

Origin

• From French Marseille, from Latin Massilia, Marsilia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία, probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas. The r was probably retained from Arabic مَرْسَى ("harbor").