Translingual

Symbol

1. Symbol for aluminum.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes with: -æl

Proper noun

1. A given name, diminutive of Alan, Albert, Alex, Alexander and Alfred.

References

Geography

• Alabama, USA
• Alagoas, a state in Brazil
• Albania, a country in Europe
• Allen County, Kansas, USA
• AL postcode area, St Albans, England

Transport

• Skyway Airlines, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
• TransAVIAexport Airlines, Minsk, Belarus
• Almanor Railroad, California, USA

Science and technology

• -al, a suffix used in organic chemistry
• Aluminium
• Allylescaline, a psychedelic drug
• AL (automobile), a French hybid car in 1907

Sport

• Asia League Ice Hockey
• The American League, baseball league in USA

Past culture

• Al (folklore), a spirit in Persian and Armenian mythology
• Al Bastı, a tormenting female night demon in Turkish folklore
• Liber AL, the central sacred text of Thelema

Modern culture

• "Weird Al" Yankovic (born 1959), American parody singer
• Al Borland, a character in the Home Improvement universe
• Al Bundy, a character in the Married... with Children universe
• Al (EastEnders), a character in the EastEnders universe
• Al Calavicci, a character in the Quantum Leap universe
• Al (Fullmetal Alchemist) or Alphonse Elric, a character in Fullmetal Alchemist media
• Accursed Lands, an online MUD
• American Life, an album by Madonna

Politics

• Al Gore, former vice president of the USA
• Alternative List, a Swiss political party

Other

• Al-, Arabic prefix the

See also

• A1 (disambiguation) for "A-one"