Marseilles

n. seaport city in France

n. thick cotton fabric with raised designs (used in making bedspreads and drapes)

Marseille, (English alt. Marseilles — French: pronounced or locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha in classical norm or Marsiho in Mistralian norm — Latin: Massilia) is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest metropolitan area, with 1,516,340 inhabitants at the 1999 census and 1,605,000 inhabitants in 2007 (Paris and Lyon are larger). Located on the Mediterranean Sea, it is France's largest commercial port. Marseille is also the capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région, as well as the préfecture (capital) of the Bouches-du-Rhône département. Its inhabitants are called Marseillais.
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Noun
1. a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
(synonym) Marseille
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) France, French Republic

(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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