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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 Flanders
Familiarity information: LILLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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