El

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

El

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

English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

From Biblical Hebrew אֵל (ʾēl).

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

Clipping of elevated.

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

Tocharian B[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

El ?

  1. an unknown-gender given name

Further reading[edit]

  • 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