The story
- French · borrowed fromBelleville
- English todayBelleville
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.