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El

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Translingual

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Symbol

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El

  1. (metrology) Symbol for exaliter (exalitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 1018 liters (litres).

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛl/, [ɛɫ]
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  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

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From Biblical Hebrew אֵל (ʾēl).

Proper noun

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El

  1. Any of several major ancient Near East deities, including the supreme god of the Canaanite religion, but especially the supreme Hebrew God.
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of elevated.

Proper noun

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El (plural Els)

  1. (transport, slang) Any one of several specific elevated railways.
    The Washington Street El was torn down in 1987.
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Anagrams

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Tocharian B

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Etymology

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Possibly from an Uyghur word meaning "stem". (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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El ?

  1. an unknown-gender given name

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “El”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 103