1) City 2) Large Mediterranean port 3) Marseille 4) Metropolis 5) Port 6) Port on the gulf of lion 7) REVERSIBLE COTTON FABRIC 8) Urban center 1) Marseille 
• (n.) A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France.
Mar·seilles' noun A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles , France.