Lille

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Lille (l

A city of northern France north-northeast of Paris near the Belgian border. Founded c. 1030, it was the medieval capital of Flanders and is now a commercial, cultural, and manufacturing center. Population: 225,000.

Lille (French) [lil]

(Placename) an industrial city in N France: the medieval capital of Flanders; forms with Roubaix and Tourcoing one of the largest conurbations in France. Pop.: 182 228 (1999)

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Lille - an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders

France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

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Lille [liːl] N → Lila f

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