Marseille
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- proper noun
- /mɑrˈseɪ/
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Marsella
- I visited Marseille last summer and enjoyed the beautiful Mediterranean coastline.
- Marseille, France
We have come to Notre Dame in Marseille to be confused with Notre Dame in Paris.
- We have come to Notre Dame in Marseille to be confused with Notre Dame in Paris.
- And Fassettine won the grand prize at the Marseille Web Fest.
- This same boy became the closed off Darian Frye of Marseille, who had few real friends there and fewer confidants.
- Marie Luprescu, Gray and Alexander is dead in Marseille.
Examples
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But here in Marseille, chez Raynal, surrounded by intellectuals, exiles, and troublemakers, he felt perfectly at home.
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While several factors influenced this decision, foremost among them was the memory of my Protestant professor from Marseille who died in the Resistance.
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I met him in Marseille in his office.
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Why did you come to Marseille to study?
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In Marseille, growing up, I felt free.
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Where did you meet him? - In Marseille.
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A midnight plane to Marseille.
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My only chance for an engagement is in Marseille.
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And that's what you'll find documented here: the people and places that make up Marseille.
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Towns like Orange and Arles, but also big cities like Marseille and Toulon, are must-sees.
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Synonyms
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A port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea
Surface Forms
Etymology
Marseille comes from the old Greek name Massalia and the later Latin form Massilia. Greek sailors long ago set up a trading port on the Mediterranean there, and that name stayed, which is why Marseille is still known as a major port city.