Meaning of El | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of electroluminescence.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
2. Initialism of Expression Language.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. The name of the Latin script letter L/l.
4. An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago (informal)
   US
5. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Л / л
6. Any of several major ancient Near East deities, including the supreme god of the Canaanite religion, but especially the supreme Hebrew God.
7. Any one of several specific elevated railways.
   slang
8. A unisex given name, often used as a nickname.
9. Initialism of encephalitis lethargica (von Economo disease, sleepy sickness).
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.”

“The main section of the Sixth Avenue El from Morris Street to Ninth Avenue and 53rd Street shut down on December 4, 1938.”

“[…]who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tenement roofs illuminated,[…]”

“The Washington Street El was torn down in 1987.”

“Known colloquially as the "El," the elevated lines constituted the earliest attempt to remove urban passenger traffic from the streets.”

“Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary.”

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