"Μασσαλία" meaning in Greek

See Μασσαλία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ma.saˈli.a/ Forms: Massalía [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], Μασσαλία [nominative, singular], Μασσαλίας [genitive, singular], Μασσαλία [accusative, singular], Μασσαλία [singular, vocative], Μαρσίλια [alternative], Μαρσέιγ [alternative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), perhaps from Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|Μασσαλία}} Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), {{der|el|xlg||mas|spring}} Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”) Head templates: {{head|el|proper noun|||||||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|ts=}} Μασσαλία • (Massalía) f, {{el-noun-proper|f}} Μασσαλία • (Massalía) f Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun-unc|Μασσαλία|Μασσαλίας|Μασσαλία|Μασσαλία|note=}}
  1. Marseille (the capital city of Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; the capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Wikipedia link: el:Μασσαλία Categories (place): Cities in Bouches-du-Rhône, France, Cities in France, Cities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Places in Bouches-du-Rhône, France, Places in France, Places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Regional capitals of France Derived forms: Μασσαλιώτιδα (Massaliótida) (english: female from Marseille, the Marseillaise) [feminine], Μασσαλιώτης (Massaliótis) (english: male from Marseille) [masculine], μασσαλιώτικος (massaliótikos) [adjective], σαπούνι Μασσαλίας (sapoúni Massalías) (english: Marseille soap) [neuter] Related terms: Μαρσεγιέζα (Marsegiéza) (english: female from Marseille) [colloquial, masculine], Μαρσεγιέζος (Marsegiézos) (english: male from Marseille) [colloquial, masculine]

Inflected forms

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