Lille

See also lille

English

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Lille

1. A city in France, the capital of Nord-Pas-de-Calais
2. A village in Belgium, near Turnhout.

Translations

a city in France

• Dutch: Rijsel (nl)
• Greek: Λίλ
• Macedonian: Лил (mk) (Lil) m
• Marathi: लिल (mr) (lila) n

• Polish: Lille (pl) n (indeclinable)
• Russian: Лилль (ru) (Lill’) m
• Turkish: Lille (tr)

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French

Etymology

From Old French L'isle (“the island”), from Latin īnsula (“island”). The name was resegmented, like its Dutch counterpart: in a L'isle (“at L'isle”), the definite article came to be considered part of the name, and it was thus interpreted as a Lille.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Lille

1. Lille

Derived terms

• lillois/Lillois