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| | | Is there any kind of official or rumored explanation as to the origin of the Belville name? This question occurred to me recently when I was looking through one of my M.C. Escher books for building ideas and (as I've done many times before) was (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.belville)
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| | | | | Re: Origin of "Belville" Name? —Melody Brown
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| | | | (...) Hmm Belair? :p j/k... well bel = Ten decibels. Ville = village hahaha one loud village? maybe in colour! Belle (french) = beautiful or an attractive girl/woman. Latin - bella, feminine of bellus I dunno it kinda makes sense when you put the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.belville)
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| | | | | | Re: Origin of "Belville" Name? —Benjamin Medinets
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| | | | (...) here's my take....and probably most sensible... :) most likely taken from french... meaning beautiful city belle ville ville is feminine in the french language, and beau = verb is belle with feminine objects... French Language 101... :) (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.belville)
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| | | | | | Re: Origin of "Belville" Name? —Melody Brown
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| | | | (...) ...origin of the Belville name? (...) Sensible? bah! ya no fun! :P (...) <chop chop> Well... going from what I wrote above... I think I agree with you :P Mel :) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.belville)
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