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Belleville.

A surname.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈbɛlˌvɪl//ˈbɛlvəl//ˌbɛlˈvil/
  1. A surname.

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  2. A neighborhood of Bouaké, Gbêke, Vallée du Bandama district, Ivory Coast.

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  3. A village in Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué district, Ivory Coast.

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  4. A neighborhood of Paris, France.

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  5. A commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France.

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  6. A former commune in Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, since 2018 part of the commune of Plaine-d'Argenson.

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  7. A former commune in Rhône department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, since 2019 part of the commune of Belleville-en-Beaujolais.

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  8. A community in Ireland.

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  9. A community in New Brunswick, Canada.

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  10. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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  11. A city, the county seat of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.

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  12. A number of places in the United States: A town in Yell County, Arkansas.

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  13. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California.

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  14. A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of St. Clair County, Illinois.

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  15. A number of places in the United States: A small city, the county seat of Republic County, Kansas.

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  16. A number of places in the United States: A city in Wayne County, Michigan.

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  17. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Missouri.

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  18. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Mineral County, Nevada.

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  19. A number of places in the United States: A township in Essex County, New Jersey.

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  20. A number of places in the United States: A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York.

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  21. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.

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  22. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee.

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  23. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in the city of Suffolk, Virginia.

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  24. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, also spelt Belville.

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  25. A number of places in the United States: A village in Dane County and Green County, Wisconsin.

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Where this word comes from

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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