Lille

[ leel ]

noun
  1. a city in and the capital of Nord, in N France.

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How to use Lille in a sentence

  • In the fields: numerous small forts of reinforced concrete, which commanded all the roads into Lille.

  • A few yards further on, take the level-crossing over the Ypres-Lille Railway.

  • You escape from Lille, just on the frontier, what on earth were you doing down at Blois, a hundred miles south of Paris?

    The Cornet of Horse | G. A. Henty
  • Rupert learned that after his escape from Lille the marquis was for three weeks confined to his bed.

    The Cornet of Horse | G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for Lille

Lille

/ (French lil) /


noun
  1. an industrial city in N France: the medieval capital of Flanders; forms with Roubaix and Tourcoing one of the largest conurbations in France. Pop: 184 657 (1999)

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