Belleville
English
Etymology
- (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.
Pronunciation
- In English usually IPA(key): /ˈbɛlˌvɪl/, sometimes IPA(key): /ˈbɛlvəl/; sometimes IPA(key): /ˌbɛlˈvil/ when approximation of the French is used.
Proper noun
Belleville (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevilles)
- A surname.
- A neighborhood of Bouaké, Gbêke, Vallée du Bandama district, Ivory Coast.
- A village in Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué district, Ivory Coast.
- A neighborhood of Paris, France.
- A commune of Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
- A former commune of Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, since 2018 part of the commune of Plaine-d'Argenson.
- A former commune of Rhône department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, since 2019 part of the commune of Belleville-en-Beaujolais.
- A community in Ireland.
- A community in New Brunswick, Canada.
- A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A city, the county seat of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Yell County, Arkansas.
- A ghost town in California.
- A city, the county seat of St. Clair County, Illinois.
- A small city, the county seat of Republic County, Kansas.
- A city in Michigan.
- A ghost town in Nevada.
- A township in New Jersey.
- A hamlet and census-designated place in New York.
- A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia, also named Belville.
- A village in Wisconsin.
Derived terms
- Belleville boiler
- Belleville washer