SL
Translingual
Symbol
SL
- The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Sierra Leone.
English
Adjective
SL (not comparable)
- (citations) sine loco (without place [of publication])
- (medicine) Initialism of sublingual.
- (in gay personal ads) Initialism of straight-looking.
Noun
SL (countable and uncountable, plural SLs)
- (linguistics) Initialism of source language.
- (on Muslim forums) Initialism of sharia law.
- (law) (historical, used postnominally) Serjeant-at-law
- (knitting) slip
- 2010, Julie Turjoman, Brave New Knits, page 49:
- Work sleeve, sl raglan marker, work in ribbing as est to cable marker
Proper noun
SL
- (politics) Initialism of Sendero Luminoso.
- (politics) Abbreviation of Scotland.
- Initialism of Swan Lake.
- (Internet) Initialism of Second Life.
Anagrams
Japanese
Etymology
From English steam locomotive
Pronunciation
Noun
- (rail transport) Synonym of 蒸気機関車 (jōki kikansha, “steam locomotive”)
Spanish
Proper noun
SL ?
- Abbreviation of San Luis Potosí (Mexican state)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Saarland, a federal state of Germany.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) South Sumatra, a province of Indonesia.
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