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Hilla

American  
[hil-uh] / ˈhɪl ə /
Also Al-Hillah

noun

  1. a city in central Iraq, south of Baghdad.


Hilla British  
/ ˈhɪlə /

noun

  1. Also called: Al Hillah. a market town in central Iraq, on a branch of the Euphrates: built partly of bricks from the nearby site of Babylon. Pop: 364 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“They didn’t choose to be part of this war,” says Israeli filmmaker Hilla Medalia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

Such fellow participants as Bernd and Hilla Becher or even Lewis Baltz, the artist most closely allied with Adams, took serial photographs that might be forensic evidence in a prosecutorial suit.

From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2022

A 1982 black-and-white photograph by Bernd and Hilla Becher shows abandoned cars in the foreground and a hulking industrial behemoth behind them.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2021

The newly formed People's National Party, led by Hilla Limann, came to power.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2020

“I’ve got a Bemd and Hilla Becher in my living room,” I boasted.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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