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Arts and entertainment


Fictional characters

* Al (''Aladdin'') or Aladdin, the main character in Disney's ''Aladdin'' media * Al (''EastEnders''), a minor character in the British soap opera * Al (''Fullmetal Alchemist'') or Alphonse Elric, a character in the manga/anime * Al Borland, a character in the ''Home Improvement'' universe * Al Bundy, a character in the television series ''Married... with Children'' *
Al Calavicci Rear Admiral Upper Half Albert Calavicci, USN, is a fictional character on the science fiction television series ''Quantum Leap'', played by Dean Stockwell. Biography Al was born on June 15, 1934. His father, who worked in construction, immigr ...
, a character in the television series ''Quantum Leap'' * Al McWhiggin, a supporting villain of ''Toy Story 2'' * Al, or Aldebaran, a character in ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'' media


Music

* '' A L'', an EP by French singer Amanda Lear * ''
American Life ''American Life'' is the ninth studio album by American singer Madonna. It was released on April 21, 2003, by Maverick and Warner Bros. Records. The album, produced by the singer and Mirwais Ahmadzaï, features references to many parts of Am ...
'', an album by Madonna


Calendar

* Anno Lucis, a dating system used in Freemasonry


Mythology and religion

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Al (folklore) ''Al'' (or ''Hal'') ( fa, آل; hy, italic=yes, Ալ or Ալք; mn, italic=yes, Гал; ('); xal, italic=yes, Һал; russian: italic=yes, Алы) is a class of demon in the folklore of the Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, and Armenia. Als are dem ...
, a spirit in Persian and Armenian mythology *
Al Basty Al Basty ( Turkish: ''Albastı''; Tatar, Kyrgyz, Kazakh: ''Албасты'', Chuvash: ''Алпастă'', az, Albasdı, Russian: ''Албасты́'') or Al Kardai is an ancient female spirit, the personification of guilt, found in folklore th ...
, a tormenting female night demon in Turkish folklore * '' Liber AL'', the central sacred text of Thelema


Organisations


Government, military and political

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Arab League The Arab League ( ar, الجامعة العربية, ' ), formally the League of Arab States ( ar, جامعة الدول العربية, '), is a regional organization in the Arab world, which is located in Northern Africa, Western Africa, E ...
, a regional organisation of 22 Arab states * Alternative List, a Swiss political party *
Armia Ludowa People's Army (Polish: ''Armia Ludowa'' , abbriv.: AL) was a communist Soviet-backed partisan force set up by the communist Polish Workers' Party ('PR) during World War II. It was created on the order of the Polish State National Council on 1 Ja ...
, the Soviet-backed Polish army in World War II, in contrast to the Western-backed Armia Krajowa (AK) *
Assembleia Legislativa (disambiguation) Assembleia Legislativa may refer to: ; Brazil * Legislative Assembly of Amazonas (Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Amazonas) * Legislative Assembly of São Paulo (Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo) ; China * Legislative Assembly of ...
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Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people. The adjective appears in the following proper names: * Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan * Awami Front, ...
, a political party in Bangladesh * , Indonesian for "Naval Force", common initialism associated with the
Indonesian Navy The Indonesian Navy ( id, Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Laut, , Indonesian National Military-Naval Force, TNI-AL) is the naval branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It was founded on 10 September 1945 and has a role to patrol ...


Sports bodies

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American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league b ...
, part of Major League Baseball *
Asia League Ice Hockey Asia League Ice Hockey ( ja, アジアリーグアイスホッケー; ko, 아시아리그 아이스하키) or ALIH (AL) is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with teams from Japan, South Korea, and ...
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Airtricity League The League of Ireland ( ga, Sraith na hÉireann), together with the Football Association of Ireland, is one of the two main governing bodies responsible for organising association football in the Republic of Ireland. The term was originally us ...
, the current official name of the League of Ireland


People and anthroponymy

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Al (given name) The nickname Al is often short for Alfred, Albert, Alphonse, Alphons, Allen, Allan, Alan, Alyson, Alysson, Allyson, Alistair, Alister, Alex, Alexander, Alvin, Alyssa, Alisha, Aldrin, Alden, Aldo, Aldwin, Ali Alwin or Aloysius. People n ...
, list of people named ''Al'' * A. L., pseudonym of the British composer
Amelia Lehmann Amelia Lehmann (''née'' Chambers) (3 February 1838 – 1 April 1903) was a British and composer and arranger of art songs and popular ballads, many of which she published under the pseudonym "A. L.". She was also considered a gifted singer and wa ...
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Al- ( ar, ٱلْـ), also Romanized as ''el-'', ''il-,'' and ''l-'' as pronounced in some varieties of Arabic, is the definite article in the Arabic language: a particle (''ḥarf'') whose function is to render the noun on which it is prefixed ...
( ar, ال, links=no), Arabic prefix meaning "the" (definite article in Arabic), used in many family names * Al ( ar, آل, links=no) (sometimes rendered as "Aal"), meaning "family of" (and distinct from the definite article ar, ال, links=no), used in some family names by important dynasties in Arabic; see
Arabic names Arabic language names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from the Arabic-speaking and also Muslim countries have not had given/ middle/family names but rather a chain of names. This system remains in use throughout ...


Places


Americas

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Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,76 ...
, a state of the United States (postal abbreviation: AL) *
Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. I ...
, a state of Brazil *
Allen County, Kansas Allen County (county code AL) is a county located in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. It is 504 square miles, or 322,560 acres in size. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,526. Its county seat and most populous city ...
, US (county code: AL)


Asia

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Al, Iran Al ( fa, ال, also Romanized as Āl) is a village in Kardeh Rural District, in the Central District of Mashhad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a ...
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Al, Yenişehir Al is a village in the Yenişehir District of Diyarbakır Province Diyarbakır Province ( tr, Diyarbakır ili, Zazaki: Suke Diyarbekır ku, Parêzgeha Amedê) is a province in southeastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355&nb ...
, Turkey


Europe

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Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares l ...
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Province of Alessandria The Province of Alessandria ( it, Provincia di Alessandria; pms, Provincia ëd Lissandria; in Piedmontese of Alessandria: ''Provinsa ëd Lissändria'') is an Italian province, with a population of some 425,000, which forms the southeastern part o ...
, a province of Italy in the ISO 3166-2:IT code *
AL postcode area The AL postcode area, also known as the St Albans postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of ten postcode districts in England, within five post towns. These cover central Hertfordshire, including St Albans, Harp ...
, St Albans, UK * Ål, a municipality in Norway


Science and technology

* -al, a suffix used in organic chemistry *
Aluminium Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. It ...
, symbol Al, a chemical element *
Allylescaline Allylescaline (4-allyloxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine) is a lesser-known psychedelic drug. It is closely related in structure to mescaline. Allylescaline was first synthesized by Otakar Leminger in 1972. The compound was later synthesized by Alex ...
, a psychedelic drug *
Artificial life Artificial life (often abbreviated ALife or A-Life) is a field of study wherein researchers examine systems related to natural life, its processes, and its evolution, through the use of simulations with computer models, robotics, and biochemi ...
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.al .al is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Albania. It is administered by the Electronic and Postal Communications Authority of Albania (AKEP). AKEP recommends that .al domain registrations be performed with one of the AKEP ...
, Internet top-level domain name for Albania *
AL register x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel based on the Intel 8086 microprocessor and its 8088 variant. The 8086 was int ...
, the low byte of an X86 16-bit AX register * AL, a measure of inductance in a
magnetic core A magnetic core is a piece of magnetic material with a high magnetic permeability used to confine and guide magnetic fields in electrical, electromechanical and magnetic devices such as electromagnets, transformers, electric motors, generators, ...


Transport

* AL (automobile), a French hybrid car in 1907 * AL, reporting mark of Almanor Railroad, California, US * AL, IATA airline designator of: ** TransAVIAexport Airlines, Minsk, Belarus ** The now defunct
Allegheny Airlines Allegheny Airlines was a regional airline that operated out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1952 to 1979 with routes primarily located in the eastern U.S. It was the forerunner of USAir that was subsequently renamed US Airways, which itself m ...
, Virginia, US ** The now defunct
Skyway Airlines Skyway Airlines was an American ramp and aircraft ground handling services and catering company based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Until April 5, 2008, it operated as a regional airline and banner carrier exclusively for Midwest Express Airlines (whi ...
, Wisconsin, US


See also

* A1 (disambiguation) * A/L or GCE Advanced Level * Ai (disambiguation) {{disambiguation