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Noun: marseille  maa(r)'sey
  1. Strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedspreads
    "The guest room was decorated with a crisp white marseille bedspread"
Noun: Marseille  maa(r)'sey
  1. A port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
    - Marseilles

Derived forms: Marseilles, marseilles

Type of: city, cloth, fabric, material, metropolis, port, textile, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: France, French Republic

Encyclopedia: Marseille, Provence