Lille
/lil/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France.
- 2 A town and municipality of the province of Antwerp, Belgium.
Example
More examples"The hundredth World Congress of Esperanto occurred in Lille, in northern France, between the twenty-fifth of July and the first of August of 2015; it was successful and emotionally touching."
Etymology
From French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”). Compare also isle and Lyle.