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Belle⋅ville

[bel-vil]
–noun
1. a city in SW Illinois. 42,150.
2. a city in NE New Jersey. 35,367.
3. a city in S Ontario, in S Canada. 34,881.
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Belle·ville   (běl'vĭl')   
  1. A city of southeast Ontario, Canada, near Lake Ontario east-northeast of Toronto. Founded in 1790, it is a processing and manufacturing center. Population: 48,800.

  2. A city of southwest Illinois southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. It is in a coal-mining region and has diverse industries. Population: 41,100.

  3. A town of northeast New Jersey on the Passaic River near Newark. It was settled by the Dutch c. 1680. Population: 34,400.

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Belleville

city, seat (1792) of Hastings county, southeastern Ontario, Canada, on the Bay of Quinte, an inlet of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Moira River

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