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  • Ila
    Ila
    noun
    a town in SW Nigeria.
  • ILA
    ILA
    International Law Association.

Ila

1 American  
[ee-luh] / ˈi lə /

noun

  1. a town in SW Nigeria.


ILA 2 American  
Or I.L.A.
  1. International Law Association.

  2. International Longshoremen's Association.


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In Zambia’s Kafue National Park, Ila Safari Lodge, owned by Green Safaris, has its own solar-powered boat, which is used for expeditions in search of hippo pods and Nile crocodiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

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 Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

“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

Harris has little if any control over the tango between the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance, the overarching business representative for the ports involved.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2024

The strike, the first since 1977 for the ILA, has brought to a halt container traffic across 14 of the country's busiest ports, including in New York, Georgia and Texas.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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 H. R. van Dongen

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