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(Anglès)

Lille (the departmental capital of Nord department, France; the regional capital of Hauts-de-France)

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈrɛi̯.səl/

Heretat de neerlandès mitjà

ijssel

In summary

From Middle Dutch risele, presumably from an older unattested *isele, a calque of Old French isle (“island”). Like its French counterpart Lille, the name was rebracketed: The phrase ter isele (“at the islet”) was reinterpreted as te risele (“at Rijsel”).