El
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "el"
Translingual
Symbol
El
- (metrology) Symbol for exaliter (exalitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 1018 liters (litres).
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Biblical Hebrew אֵל (ʾēl).
Proper noun
El
- Any of several major ancient Near East deities, including the supreme god of the Canaanite religion, but especially the supreme Hebrew God.
- 1956, Allen Ginsberg, “Howl”, in Howl and Other Poems (Pocket Poets Series), City Lights Books, →OCLC, page 9:
- who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tenement roofs illuminated,
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Etymology 2
Proper noun
El (plural Els)
- (transport, slang) Any one of several specific elevated railways.
- The Washington Street El was torn down in 1987.
- 1955 July, “The Last Elevated Line in New York”, in Railway Magazine, page 444:
- Known colloquially as the "El," the elevated lines constituted the earliest attempt to remove urban passenger traffic from the streets.
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Anagrams
Tocharian B
Etymology
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
El ?
- an unknown-gender given name
Further reading
- 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