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marseillais

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marseillais (e) [maʀsɛjɛ, -ɛz] adjof ou from Marseilles
nf la Marseillaise → the French national anthem
la MarseillaiseThe Marseillaise has been France's national anthem since 1879. The words of the "Chant de guerre de l'armée du Rhin", as the song was originally called, were written to an anonymous tune by an army captain called Rouget de Lisle in 1792. Adopted as a marching song by the Marseille battalion, it was finally popularized as the Marseillaise.

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