Ila
noun
a town in SW Nigeria.
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Ila
1 American
[ee-luh]
/ ˈi lə /
noun
ILA
2
American
Or
I.L.A.
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International Law Association.
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International Longshoremen's Association.
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A few days before the verdict he was moved to Ila prison and detention centre outside Oslo.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Ila Solomon says her husband of two years didn’t die until April 28.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2014
Investigators are trying to determine if Gavan's wife, Ila Solomon, had a financial motive for not reporting the veteran's death, Lafayette Police Sergeant Brian Phillips said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 5, 2014
Meanwhile, Ila suffers from her busy husband’s indifference and begins to suspect that he’s having an affair.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2014
As they drove through the woods Ila confided her engagement to young Washington, and was kissed and congratulated in due form.
From The Californians by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
“The rest sit home collecting ‘container royalties’ negotiated in previous ILA contracts intended to protect against job losses that result from innovation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
As a Journal editorial reported at the time, there were around 50,000 ILA strikers but only 25,000 dock jobs because only half of the union members are obligated to show up at work each day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Harold Daggett, head of the ILA, demanded companies agree to boost hourly pay by $5 for each year of the contract.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
When ILA supporters haven’t had to fend off complaints from observers about their demands and the strike calendar, they’ve had to tangle with another inconvenient talking point: the whole mob thing.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2024
In those days, Braun had been the business manager of an insurance firm, the sole visible function of which had been to write policies for the ILA and its individual dock-wallopers.
From One-Shot by Dongen, H. R. van
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