Meaning

noun a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean

noun strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedspreads

originFrom French Marseille (supplanting earlier Marseilles, derived from the Old French nominative form), from Latin Massilia, Marsilia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”). The r was probably retained from Arabic مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0