AL, Al, Ål or al may stand for:

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 This article contains character information for the American television sitcom ''Home Improvement''. Taylor family Tim Taylor Timothy "Tim" Taylor (Tim Allen) – Tim Taylor (born October 1954) is the father of the family. Ever the kn ...

, a character in the ''Home Improvement'' universe *

Al Bundy Al Bundy is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television series '' Married... with Children''. Played by Ed O'Neill, Bundy is a misanthropic, working-class father of two who is portrayed as a somewhat tragicomedic figur ...

, 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 This is a list of characters from Disney/Pixar's ''Toy Story'' franchise which consists of the animated films ''Toy Story'' (1995), ''Toy Story 2'' (1999), ''Toy Story 3'' (2010) and ''Toy Story 4'' (2019), and ''Lightyear'' (2022). This list also ...

, 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 Ame ...

'', an album by Madonna

Calendar

Anno Lucis Anno Lucis (“in the Year of Light”) is a dating system used in Masonic ceremonial or commemorative proceedings, which is equivalent to the Gregorian year plus 4000. It is similar to ''Anno Mundi''. Description For example, a date Anno Domini ...

, a dating system used in Freemasonry

Mythology and religion

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 demon ...

, a spirit in Persian and Armenian mythology *

Al Basty Al Basty (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Albastı''; Tatar language, Tatar, Kyrgyz language, Kyrgyz, Kazakh language, Kazakh: ''Албасты'', Chuvash language, Chuvash: ''Алпастă'', az, Albasdı, Russian language, Russian: ''Албаст� ...

, a tormenting female night demon in Turkish folklore * ''

Liber AL ''Liber AL vel Legis'' (), commonly known as ''The Book of the Law'', is the central sacred text of Thelema. Aleister Crowley said that it was dictated to him by a beyond-human being who called himself 'Aiwass'. Rose Edith Kelly, Crowley's w ...

'', the central sacred text of Thelema

Organisations

Government, military and political

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 ...

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, wa ...

, 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 I ...

Sports bodies

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 ...

, 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 ...

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

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 named Al ...

, list of people named ''Al'' * A. L., pseudonym of the British composer Amelia Lehmann * Al- ( 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 name#Dynastic or family name, Arabic names

Places

Americas

* Alabama, a state of the United States (postal abbreviation: AL) * Alagoas, a state of Brazil * Allen County, Kansas, US (county code: AL)

Asia

* Al, Iran * Al, Yenişehir, Turkey

Europe

* Albania * Province of Alessandria, a province of Italy in the ISO 3166-2:IT code * AL postcode area, St Albans, UK * Ål, a municipality in Norway

Science and technology

* -al, a suffix used in organic chemistry * Aluminium, symbol Al, a chemical element * Allylescaline, a psychedelic drug * Artificial life * .al, Internet top-level domain name for Albania * AL register, the low byte of an X86 16-bit AX register * A_L, a measure of inductance in a magnetic core#AL value, magnetic core

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, Virginia, US ** The now defunct Skyway Airlines, Wisconsin, US