BL

See also: bl, bl., .bl, and B/L

Translingual

Symbol

BL

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Saint Barthélemy since 2007.

   Synonym: BLM (alpha-3)

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English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

Proper noun

BL

1. Initialism of British Leyland.
2. (UK military) Initialism of breechloader and breechloading.
   • 1879, War Office, Manual of Siege and Garrison Artillery Exercises, p. 37:

     B.L. cartridges have lubricators choked inside the cartridges of 40-pr. and lower natures.

Etymology 2

From Japanese BL (BL), from ボーイズラブ, from English boy+love.

Noun

BL (uncountable)

1. Initialism of boys' love (“yaoi media”).

Anagrams

• LB, LαB, lb

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Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese BL (BL) (ボーイズラブ), from English boys + love.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) BL

1. boys' love (yaoi media); gay, male homosexuality

Synonyms

• 耽美 (dānměi)

Coordinate terms

• GL

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German

Proper noun

BL

1. ISO 3166-2:CH code of Basel-Landschaft (canton)

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Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲiːe̞ɾɯ̟]

Noun

1. Initialism of ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu, “boys' love”).

Coordinate terms

• GL (GL)

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Korean

Noun

BL • (BL)

1. Initialism of 보이즈 러브 (boijeu reobeu, “boys' love”).