Isl (or isl) is a common abbreviation for "

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" or "islands". ISL may also refer to:

Education and research

* Illinois Security Lab, a research laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign * Independent School League (disambiguation), independent high school athletic conferences in the United States * Institute of State and Law, a Russian legal think tank affiliated with the Russian Academy of Sciences *

International School of Louisiana The International School of Louisiana (ISL) is a system of charter schools in Greater New Orleans. Three campuses are located in New Orleans. The K-8 school offers a French immersion program and a Spanish immersion program.Dreilinger, Danielle.Int ...

, a charter school system in the United States *

International School of Lusaka International School of Lusaka (ISL) is an international school in Ridgeway, Lusaka, Zambia. It is equivalent to an American PK-12 school, and it serves levels preschool through IGCSE/IB Diploma/ISL diploma Isl (or isl) is a common abbreviation for ...

, an international school in Zambia *

International School of Luxembourg The International School of Luxembourg (ISL) is a privately owned non-profit international school located in Hollerich, Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. History The school was founded in 1963 under the name DuPont de Nemours Private Sc ...

, a privately owned non-profit school in Luxembourg *

International School of Lyon International School of Lyon (ISL) is an English-language international school in Sainte Foy-Lès-Lyon, France, near Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of com ...

, an international school in France

Languages

Icelandic language Icelandic (; is, íslenska, link=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language. Due to being a West Scandinavian language, it is most closely re ...

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ISO 639-2 ISO 639- 2:1998, ''Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code'', is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages. The three-letter codes given for eac ...

tag: ISL), a language spoken in Iceland * Indian Sign Language also known as sign language of the deaf community in India * International Sign Language, any of several international auxiliary languages * Irish Sign Language, the sign language of Ireland *

Israeli Sign Language Israeli Sign Language, also known as Shassi or ISL, is the most commonly used sign language by the Deaf community of Israel. Some other sign languages are also used in Israel, among them Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language. History The history of ...

, the most commonly used sign language within Israel's deaf community * Italian Sign Language, sign language used for Italian deaf people

Sports

Independent School League (Illinois) The Independent School League (ISL) is an athletic league comprising nine private secondary schools in the Chicago metro area. All of the schools are also full members of the Illinois High School Association, the governing body for most high scho ...

, a group of nine Chicago-area preparatory schools * Independent School League (New England), a group of 16 New England preparatory schools * Independent School League (Washington, D.C. area), a group of 17 Washington, D.C. preparatory schools *

Interscholastic League of Honolulu The Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) is an athletic activity league whose membership is primarily private secondary schools in Honolulu, Hawai'i. The ILH has 24 member schools with over 13,000 student athletes participating in 37 differen ...

, a group of Hawaiian private schools *

Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is an Indian professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Organised by the All India Football Federat ...

, a professional football-club league based in India *

Ice Hockey Superleague The British Ice Hockey Superleague (BISL, also known as the Sekonda Ice Hockey Superleague from 1998 to 1999 for sponsorship reasons) was a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom between 1996 and 2003. Devised in 1995, it replaced ...

, a British-based ice hockey league that existed between 1996 and 2003 *

Indonesia Super League Liga 1 ( en, League 1), also known as BRI Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons with Bank Rakyat Indonesia, is the men's top professional football division of the Indonesian football league system. Administered by the PT Liga Indonesia Baru (), Liga 1 i ...

, the top-tier competition for football clubs in Indonesia * International Soccer League, a U.S. based soccer league which was formed in 1960 and collapsed in 1965 *

International Sport and Leisure International Sport and Leisure (ISL) was a Swiss sports marketing company that was closely bound to FIFA. History ISL was established by former Adidas boss Horst Dassler, and was associated with FIFA, the International Olympic Committee and t ...

, a bankrupt Swiss sports marketing company that was closely affiliated with FIFA and the IOC *

Iranian Super League (disambiguation) Iranian Super League may refer to: * Futsal Super League * Iranian Basketball Super League * Iranian Volleyball Super League The Iranian Volleyball Super League (IVSL) is a professional volleyball league in Iran at the top of the Iranian volleyb ...

, the Iranian professional basketball, futsal or volleyball leagues *

Island Soccer League The Island Soccer League is a professional six-a-side association football (also known as 'soccer') league based in Bermuda. The league is the brainchild of Bermuda legend David Bascome. Founded in 2006, the league started play in 2007. Style o ...

, a professional six-a-side association football league based in Bermuda * International Swimming League, a professional swimming league with ten teams and nine rounds in different cities all over the world

Transport

* Island line (MTR), one of the rapid transit railway lines in Hong Kong *

Isleworth railway station Isleworth railway station is in the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is 19 km (12 mi) west-southwest of London Waterloo. The unmanned station and all trains serving it are operated by South We ...

, London, England (National Rail station code) *

Istanbul Atatürk Airport ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

, a former major international airport serving Istanbul, Turkey now serves cargo flights

Other uses

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

, a Nordic European island country * In situ leach, a mining technique *

Independent Socialist League The Workers Party (WP) was a Third Camp Trotskyist group in the United States. It was founded in April 1940 by members of the Socialist Workers Party who opposed the Soviet invasion of Finland and Leon Trotsky's belief that the USSR under Josep ...

, a defunct Trotskyist group in the United States (originally called the "Workers Party") * Independent State Legislature Doctrine, U.S. Constitution reading * Integer set library (isl), a programming library for manipulating integer sets * Inter-Switch Link (disambiguation), a specially configured connection between network equipment **

Cisco Inter-Switch Link Cisco Inter-Switch Link (ISL) is a Cisco Systems proprietary protocol that maintains VLAN information in Ethernet frames as traffic flows between switches and routers, or switches and switches. ISL is Cisco's VLAN encapsulation protocol and is su ...

, a proprietary Cisco VLAN trunking protocol * Intercon Security, a security firm *

International Socialist Left (Germany) The International Socialist Left (german: internationale sozialistische linke, ''isl'') was a Trotskyist group in Germany. The ''isl'' was an organizational descendant of the International Marxist Group (GIM). It was one of two factions that form ...

(German: ), a Trotskyist group in Germany *

Irish Shipping Limited Irish Shipping Limited was an Republic of Ireland, Irish state-owned deep sea shipping company, formed during World War II for the purpose of supplying the country's import needs. Its ships were usually named after trees. Its contribution to Ir ...

, an Irish state-owned deepsea shipping company formed during World War II * i. s. L., "in the sense of Lyapunov" (in mathematical contexts), a reference to Lyapunov stability *

International Service Learning International Service Learning, founded in 1996, is a non-governmental organization that offers medical volunteers two to three week placements in twelve countries: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, N ...

, a humanitarian NGO that offers volunteers practical experience in medical, education, and community enrichment programs {{disambig