Marseilles
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4.9
- proper noun
- /mɑrˈseɪ/
:
Marsella
- Many tourists visit Marseilles to experience its rich history and beautiful Mediterranean scenery.
- go to Marseilles
Algeria is by law and custom as French as Paris or Marseille.
- Algeria is by law and custom as French as Paris or Marseille.
- And that's that that is the end of this Paris slash Marseille trip.
- We decided to go to Marseille and we had like the best time and we got back on set ready to work and even more bounded.
Examples
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Ellis leaned on the back of the cabbie's seat and talked about Marseilles, the French people, and the English soldiers.
Fiction book (1992) -
Narrator 2: A few days later, Edmond and Fernand dock at Marseilles.
Fiction book (2001) -
Oh, she took the children and moved to Marseilles to her brother.
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How long had you been in Marseilles before boarding the train?
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My brother says they are waiting for the train to Marseilles, and from there they will go to Brazil.
Fiction book (2000) -
In Marseilles, he fell in love with the first French servant in his hotel.
Academic text (2006) -
Of course she was born here, but her mother, my grandmother, was born in Marseilles.
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After the genocide, my aunt and I went to Marseilles, France.
Academic text (1993) -
After a stop in Tangier, we arrived in the port of Marseilles, which was just awakening from the war.
Fiction book (1997) -
Narrator 1: When Edmond returns to Marseilles, he is one of the richest men in Europe.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
8
1.3
A large port city in southeast France on the Mediterranean coast
Compounds
- Archaic
A disease that spreads to people from ticks that live on dogs near the Mediterranean
Surface Forms
Etymology
Marseilles comes from the old Greek town Massalia, a trading colony set up by sailors on the Mediterranean. That's why Marseilles has long been known as an important port city.