El

Quick meaning: El is a noun meaning The name of the Latin script letter L/l.

Meaning

The name of the Latin script letter L/l.

More Meanings

1. (US) An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago (informal)
2. The cardinal number occurring after dek and before do in a duodecimal system. Written ↋, decimal value 11.
3. (informal, humorous, chiefly Internet slang) The (sometimes where "the" would not occur in normal English).
4. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Л / л

Example Sentences

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.

"[…] A sister of Joseph Gerard […] was found unconscious on the kitchen floor by the family cook early this morning. […]" […] What leads could they have, if the old lady was el zonko?

Synonyms for el

Depending on context, synonyms include elevation, altitude, alt.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include altitude, elevation, alt, kab, sayed, jebel.

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