Belleville

//ˈbɛlˌvɪl// name

name ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A neighborhood of Bouaké, Gbêke, Vallée du Bandama district, Ivory Coast. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A village in Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué district, Ivory Coast. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A neighborhood of Paris, France. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A former commune in Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, since 2018 part of the commune of Plaine-d'Argenson. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A former commune in Rhône department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, since 2019 part of the commune of Belleville-en-Beaujolais. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A community in Ireland. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A community in New Brunswick, Canada. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A community in Nova Scotia, Canada. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A city, the county seat of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Yell County, Arkansas. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of St. Clair County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Republic County, Kansas. countable, uncountable
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    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Wayne County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Mineral County, Nevada. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Essex County, New Jersey. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York. countable, uncountable
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee. countable, uncountable
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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the city of Suffolk, Virginia. countable, uncountable
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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, also spelt Belville. countable, uncountable
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    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Dane County and Green County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Belle + -ville. * (French commune): From French Belleville, derived from belle vue (“beautiful view”). * (neighbourhood of Paris): From French Belleville, literally “beautiful town”. * (city in Ontario): Renamed in honour of Lady Annabella Gore after an 1816 visit with her husband, Francis Gore.

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