Lille

== English == === Etymology === From French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”). Compare also isle and Lyle. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /lil/, enPR: lēl (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /liːl/, /lɪl/ Homophones: leal, li'l Rhymes: -iːl, -ɪl === Proper noun === Lille The capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France. A town and municipality of the province of Antwerp, Belgium. A community in the town of Grand Isle, Maine, United States, across the river from Canada. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), from Latin Īnsula, from īnsula (“island”), whence also île. The name was resegmented (like its Dutch counterpart Rijsel): in à l'Isle (“at the Isle”), the definite article came to be considered part of the name, and it was thus interpreted as à Lille. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lil/ Rhymes: -il === Proper noun === Lille f Lille (the capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France) Meronyms: Bois-Blancs, Faubourg de Béthune, Fives, Hellemmes-Lille, Lille-Moulins, Lomme, Saint-Maurice Pellevoisin, Vauban-Esquermes, Wazemmes ==== Derived terms ==== lillois Lillois m, Lilloise f == German == === Etymology === From French Lille. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɪl/, /liːl/ === Proper noun === Lille n (proper noun, genitive Lilles or (optionally with an article) Lille) Lille (city in France) Synonym: (obsolete) Ryssel ==== Derived terms ====