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Niles

[ nahylz ]

noun

  1. a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  2. a city in NE Ohio.
  3. a city in SW Michigan.
  4. a male given name, form of Neil.


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Example Sentences

In fact, for its size—it claims I believe, a population of something over 4,000—Niles is full of energy and ambition.

Resumed my journey at two o'clock in the afternoon at a small way place between Niles and Buchanan, where I rested at noon.

Six years afterwards a handful of cabins made their appearance, and out of this nucleus the town of Niles was evolved.

The suggestion was received with ridicule, and Mr. Niles soon after retired.

As an intelligent observer his reports on the Oregon country were much sought (see Niles' Register, lxvii, p. 161).

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