Belleville

[ bel-vil ]

noun

1. a city in SW Illinois.
2. a city in NE New Jersey.
3. a city in S Ontario, in S Canada.

Example Sentences

A veteran in the field, Féroumont worked on 2003’s Oscar-nominated “The Triplets of Belleville,” another feature without dialogue.

From Los Angeles Times

“The lunch places are around here, and the dinner ones are in a neighborhood called Belleville. My guess is that he lives there, and if he does, he’ll be taking Metro lines four and eleven to get home. That means when he leaves work, he should walk right by here to catch the Metro.”

From Literature

Mr. Heil died on Feb. 28 of cancer in a hospital in Belleville, Ill., his daughter Julie Staley said.

From New York Times

Mr. Heil died on Feb. 28 of cancer in a hospital in Belleville, Ill., his daughter Julie Staley said.

From New York Times

As the Belleville News-Democrat, which had each candidate answer a questionnaire, put it, “Both identified border security as the most important issue facing the U.S. Both believe finishing former President Donald Trump’s border wall is part of the solution to fixing the nation’s immigration system. And both oppose the bipartisan immigration reform deal with new border laws that federal lawmakers proposed earlier this year.”

From Slate