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LILLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lille mean? 

LILLE (noun)
  The noun LILLE has 1 sense:

1. an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flandersplay

  Familiarity information: LILLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LILLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Lille" is a part of...):

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)


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