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Rijsel
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Dutch
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Etymology
From nl dum risele, presumably from an older unattested dum *isele, a calque of nl fro isle island.
Like its French counterpart fr Lille, the name was rebracketed: The phrase dum ter isele at the islet was reinterpreted as dum te risele at Rijsel.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈrɛi̯.səl/
nl ɛi̯səl 2
nl Rij sel
Proper noun
n
nl chiefly Belgium nl department capital dept/Nord c/France ; regional capital r/Hauts-de-France Lille
nl Lille
nl exonyms