Marseilles - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Marseilles :  (noun)

1: a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean [syn: Marseille, Marseilles]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Marseilles, IL (city, FIPS 47150) Location: 41.32777 N, 88.68784 W Population (1990): 4811 (1991 housing units) Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61341 Marseilles, OH (village, FIPS 47992) Location: 40.70115 N, 83.39275 W Population (1990): 130 (57 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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