Hilla

American

[hil-uh] / ˈhɪl ə /

Also Al-Hillah

noun

a city in central Iraq, south of Baghdad.

Hilla British

/ ˈhɪlə /

noun

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)

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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

True to his word, Mr. Rawlings and other coup leaders returned to their military positions when Ghana’s new president, Hilla Limann, was sworn into office.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2020

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

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2020

Bernd and Hilla Becher’s black-and-white photographs of outdated industrial structures in Germany — considered landmarks of conceptual art — are shown next to Teenie Harris’s photographs of a 1950s home-appliance fair for African-Americans in Pittsburgh.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2019

“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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