Rijsel
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ijssel (“small island, islet”), calque of Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), itself from Latin Īnsula, from īnsula (“island”). The word has undergone resegmentation, like its French counterpart: ter ijsel (“at the islet”) was resegmented into te Rijsel.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rijsel n
- (chiefly Belgium) Lille (the department capital of the Nord department, France; regional capital of Hauts-de-France)
- Synonym: Lille