Associations to the word «Lille»

Wiktionary

LILLE, proper noun. A city in France, the capital of Nord-Pas-de-Calais
LILLE, proper noun. A village in Belgium, near Turnhout.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats