Lille

[ leel ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Nord, in N France.

Lille

/ lil /

noun

1. an industrial city in N France: the medieval capital of Flanders; forms with Roubaix and Tourcoing one of the largest conurbations in France. Pop: 184 657 (1999)

Example Sentences

The sexual bildungsroman, for the uninitiated, centers on Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos), a 15-year-old high school student in Lille.

From The Daily Beast

But he still faces charges of “aggravated pimping” in Lille, north of Paris.

From The Daily Beast

What about forthcoming revelations from the investigation at the Carlton in Lille?

From The Daily Beast

It is dubbed the Affaire du Carlton, after a four-star hotel at the heart of the scandal in Lille, northeast of Paris.

From The Daily Beast

Three picked divisions were hurled against the hills of Lille and Ravetsberg, to the east of Bailleul, which fell.

From Project Gutenberg

In the fields: numerous small forts of reinforced concrete, which commanded all the roads into Lille.

From Project Gutenberg

A few yards further on, take the level-crossing over the Ypres-Lille Railway.

From Project Gutenberg

You escape from Lille, just on the frontier, what on earth were you doing down at Blois, a hundred miles south of Paris?

From Project Gutenberg

Rupert learned that after his escape from Lille the marquis was for three weeks confined to his bed.

From Project Gutenberg