el

Meanings

1. The name of the Latin script letter L/l.

1. An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago (informal)

1. The cardinal number occurring after dek and before do in a duodecimal system. Written ↋, decimal value 11.

1. The (sometimes where "the" would not occur in normal English).

1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Л / л

1. Any of several major ancient Near East deities, including the supreme god of the Canaanite religion, but especially the supreme Hebrew God.

1. Any one of several specific elevated railways.

1. A unisex given name, often used as a nickname.

1. Initialism of electroluminescence.
2. Initialism of encephalitis lethargica (von Economo disease, sleepy sickness).

1. Initialism of Expression Language.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English el, from Latin el (the name of the letter L).