NL

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See also: nl, .nl, nl., ␤, and n. l.

Translingual

Symbol

NL

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Netherlands.
    Synonym: NLD (alpha-3)

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

NL (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, business, law, in a company name) Initialism of no liability.
    • 2012, Paul Latimer, Australian Business Law‎, published 2012:
      For example, a no liability company must include in its name the words “No Liability” or its abbreviation “NL” as a warning to persons dealing with such a company.
  2. (telegraphy) Initialism of night letter.
    Coordinate term: DL

Proper noun

NL

  1. Abbreviation of Newfoundland and Labrador, a province of Canada.
    Synonym: Nfld.
    Coordinate terms: AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT
  2. Abbreviation of Nagaland, a state of India.
  3. Initialism of Neo-Latin.
  4. Initialism of New Latin.
  5. (US, Canada, baseball) Initialism of National League.
    Coordinate terms: AL, MLB

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Finnish

Proper noun

NL

  1. Abbreviation of Neuvostoliitto (“The Soviet Union”).

Japanese

Etymology

Said to be either

Interpretation as normal is debated because of the heteronormative implications.

Pronunciation

Noun

NL(エヌエル) • (enueru) 

  1. (fiction genre) hetero love stories (as opposed to BL or GL)
    Coordinate terms: BL (BL, literally “boys' love”), GL (GL, literally “girls' love”), NL (NL, “heterosexual love”, literally “normal love; nonke love”), TL (TL, literally “teens' love”)

Spanish

Proper noun

NL ?

  1. Abbreviation of Nuevo León (Mexican state)
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