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Belleville

American  
[bel-vil] / ˈbɛl vɪl /

noun

  1. a city in SW Illinois.

  2. a city in NE New Jersey.

  3. a city in S Ontario, in S Canada.


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Late on a cold afternoon in March, a motorist in Belleville, Ill., came upon a young boy wandering down a busy street without shoes and wearing only a T-shirt and pajama bottoms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

He said that cities where voters of color are the majority — such as Newark, Patterson, Belleville, Passaic, and Atlantic City — are key targets for the campaign.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

Newman died in hospital in Belleville, Ontario, Thursday morning from complications related to a stroke he had last year and which caused him to develop Parkinson’s disease, his wife Alvy Newman said by phone.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

A post on Facebook from Animal Magic in Belleville, Michigan, the non-profit animal rescue that helped RPD corral the reptile, said the encounter occurred on Sunday.

From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2023

No sign of Rabbi Shilsky, whom I traced to a Brooklyn address in the 1960s, where he apparently landed after wandering through Norfolk, Virginia; Belleville, New Jersey; and Manhattan.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride