Lille
['li:l]
Definition
(noun.) an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders.
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Examples
- Pasteur's interest in these problems of fermentation wa s stimulated by one of the industries of Lille. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In 1854 he was appointed Dean of the F aculty of Sciences at Lille, a town then officially described as the richest center of industrial activity in the n orth of France. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Typist: Preston