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Marseille   /mɑrsˈaɪl/   Listen
Marseille

noun
1.
A port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean.  Synonym: Marseilles.
2.
Strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedspreads.





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"Marseille" Quotes from Famous Books



... Grand Bassam, where the French have had a Residence for many years. Here the famous Marseille house of Regis Freres first made fortune by gold-barter. The precious ore, bought by the middlemen, a peculiar race, from the wild tribes of the far interior, appears in the shape of dust with an occasional small nugget; the traders dislike bars and ingots, because they are generally ...
— To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II - A Personal Narrative • Richard Francis Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron
... of Marseille and put the 's' on Lyon too: I've seen you do it!" she cried. "And the French ...
— Riviera Towns • Herbert Adams Gibbons
... Philippe-de-Valois, le prince le moins propre a une enterprise si difficile et qui exigeoit tant de talens, parut s'en occuper pendant quelques annees. Il recut une ambassade du roi d'Armenie, entama des negociations avec la cour de Rome, ordonna meme des preparatifs dans le port de Marseille. Enfin dans l'intervalle de ces mouvemens, l'an 1332, un dominicain nomme Brochard (surnomme l'Allemand, du nom de son pays), lui presenta deux ouvrages Latins composes a ...
— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, - and Discoveries of The English Nation, Volume 10 - Asia, Part III • Richard Hakluyt


Words linked to "Marseille" :   French Republic, metropolis, France, textile, material, city, port, urban center, fabric, cloth


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