Belleville

B3E1L1L1E1V4I1L1L1E1
/ˈbɛlˌvɪl//ˈbɛlvəl//ˌbɛlˈvil/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginFrench Belleville →
Less commonScrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper nounBelleville (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevilles)

plural Bellevilles

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

Origin

  1. FrenchBelleville
  2. EnglishBelleville

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.

More words from French

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Belleville. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Belleville

MLA

“Belleville.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Belleville. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Belleville,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Belleville.

Source: Belleville on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.