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[mahr-seylz] 
mar⋅seilles
[mahr-seylz] –noun
| a thick cotton fabric woven in figures or stripes with an embossed effect, chiefly for bedspreads and other coverings. |
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[mahr-sey]
Mar⋅seilles
[mahr-sey] –noun
| a seaport in and the capital of Bouches-du-Rhône department, in SE France. 914,356. |
French, Mar⋅seille
[mar-se-yuh ] .
[mar-se-yuh ] .
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| mar·seille
(mär-sāl') Pronunciation Key
n. A heavy cotton fabric with a raised pattern of stripes or figures. [After Marseille.] |
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| Mar·seille also Mar·seilles
(mär-sā') Pronunciation Key
A city of southeast France on an arm of the Mediterranean Sea west-northwest of Toulon. The oldest city of France, it was founded c. 600 B.C. by Greeks from Asia Minor and overrun by barbarian tribes in the 5th and 6th centuries A.D. Marseille became independent in the 13th century and passed to France in 1481. Today it is an industrial center and a major seaport. Population: 809,000. |
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| marseilles | |
noun | |
| a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean [syn: Marseille] |
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Marseilles [(mahr-say)]
Marseilles [(mahr-say)]
City in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea; the second-largest city in France, after Paris, and its main seaport.
Note: “The Marseillaise,” France's national anthem, is so named because it was a martial song popular with soldiers from Marseilles, who sang it upon entering Paris in 1792.
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Marseilles, IL (city, FIPS 47150)
Location: (41.327795, -88.701121)
Population (2000): 4,655 (2,003 housing units)
Area: 8.311029 sq mi (land), 0.386596 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 61341
Marseilles, OH (village, FIPS 47992)
Location: (40.701207, -83.392672)
Population (2000): 124 (54 housing units)
Area: 0.095760 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Marseilles, OH (township, FIPS 17548006)
Location: (40.705712, -83.394578)
Population (2000): 446 (188 housing units)
Area: 23.642819 sq mi (land), 0.478867 sq mi (water)
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Marseilles
Mar*seilles"\, 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.
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