GL

See also: gl, Gl, gĺ, Gℓ, .gl, and gł.

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

GL

1. Alternative form of Gl (gigalitre)

Etymology 2

Symbol

GL

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Greenland.

   Synonym: GRL (alpha-3)

English

Prefix

GL

1. (astronomy) Misspelling of Gl., the prefix for Gliese catalog of nearby stars

Etymology 2

From Japanese GL(ガールズラブ) (gāruzu rabu), from ガールズラブ (gāruzu rabu), from English girls +‎ love.

Noun

GL (uncountable)

1. Initialism of girls' love (“yuri media”).

Anagrams

• lg, LG, lg.

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese GL(ガールズラブ) (gāruzu rabu), from ガールズラブ (gāruzu rabu), from English girls +‎ love.

Noun

GL

1. girls' love

Coordinate terms

• BL (“boys' love”)

Dutch

Etymology

From Groen Links.

Proper noun

GL

1. GreenLeft, a left-wing green political party in the Netherlands

German

Proper noun

GL

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

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiːe̞ɾɯ̟]

Noun

GL(ジーエル) • (jīeru) 

1. Initialism of ガールズラブ (gāruzu rabu, “girls' love”).

Coordinate terms

• BL (BL, “boy's love”)
• NL (NL, “heterosexual love”, literally “normal love; nonke love”)
• TL (TL, “teens' love”)

Romanian

Proper noun

GL

1. Abbreviation of Galați, a county in Romania.