Definition of marseilles Marseilles
/mɑɹsajˈlʌs/ - [marsaylus] - mar•seilles
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What does marseilles mean?
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NounSingular: marseille |
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| marseilles - a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean | ||
| Marseille, Marseilles | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- marseilles (n.)
A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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marseilles
(anc. Massilia). A city in the south of France, the capital of the department of the Mouths-of-the-Rhone, situated on the Mediterranean Sea. It was founded by the Phocæans about 600 B.C.; was an ally of Rome, 218 B.C.; taken by Julius Cæsar after a long siege, 49 B.C.; by Euric the Visigoth, 470; sacked by the Saracens, 839; united to the crown of France, 1482. Marseilles opposed the revolutionary government, and was reduced August 23, 1793.
