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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe 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.
From French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”). Compare also isle and Lyle.
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