CHL may refer to:

Ice hockey

Current leagues

Canadian Hockey League The Canadian Hockey League (CHL; , LCH) is an umbrella organization that represents the three Canada-based major junior ice hockey leagues. The CHL was founded in 1975 as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League, and is composed of its three me ...

(1975–present), the umbrella organization for Canadian major junior hockey * Central Hockey League, now the

Central Canada Hockey League The Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL; French: ''Ligue de hockey du Canada centrale'', LHCC) is a Junior A ice hockey league in North America composed of 12 teams – all around the National Capital Region. The CCHL is one of the nine Junior ...

(1961–present), a Junior A ice hockey league *

Champions Hockey League The Champions Hockey League is a European first-level ice hockey tournament. Launched in the 2014–15 season by 26 clubs, 6 leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the tournament features top teams across Europe. Backgrou ...

, an ice hockey tournament launched in the 2014–15 season *

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...

(2007–present), successor to the

Russian Superleague The Russian Superleague (, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was considered the second-best league in the world, after the Nation ...

, an international professional ice hockey league comprising teams from Russia and Europe

Defunct leagues

* Central Hockey League (1925–1926), a Senior Amateur ice league hockey that operated in the United States and Canada *

Central Hockey League (1931–1935) Central Hockey League was an amateur and semi-professional ice hockey league that was active from 1931 to 1935. It was created as a direct result of the Great Depression as a way to allow ice hockey teams to operate without having to pay its playe ...

, a minor professional ice hockey league that operated in the United States *

Central Hockey League (1963–1984) The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. It was founded by Ray Miron and Bill Levins and later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which opera ...

, a minor professional ice hockey league that operated in the United States * Central Hockey League (1992–2014), a minor professional ice hockey league that operated in the United States and Canada prior to merging with the

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a minor professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams across the United States and Canada. Competitively, it is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The ...

Champions Hockey League (2008–09) The Champions Hockey League was an ice hockey tournament which was launched in 2008 by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) after adopting the proposal put forth by Ovation Sports AG, and only played in the 2008–09 season. Its creatio ...

, a short-lived ice hockey tournament * Coloured Hockey League (1894–1930), an all-black ice hockey league that operated in Nova Scotia *

Colonial Hockey League Colonial or The Colonial may refer to: * Colonial, of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony or colony (biology) Architecture * American colonial architecture * French colonial architecture * Spanish colonial architecture Automobiles * Col ...

(1991–1997), a minor professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada, became United Hockey League

Science and technology

Chain Home Low Chain Home Low (CHL) was the name of a British early warning radar system operated by the RAF during World War II. The name refers to CHL's ability to detect aircraft flying at altitudes below the capabilities of the original Chain Home (CH) r ...

, a radar system used by the British Royal Air Force during World War II *

Chlorite The chlorite ion, or chlorine dioxide anion, is the halite (oxyanion), halite with the chemical formula of . A chlorite (compound) is a compound that contains this group, with chlorine in the oxidation state of +3. Chlorites are also known as s ...

, a group of phyllosilicate minerals *

Chlorophyll Chlorophyll is any of several related green pigments found in cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of algae and plants. Its name is derived from the Greek words (, "pale green") and (, "leaf"). Chlorophyll allows plants to absorb energy ...

, a pigment used by nearly all plants to absorb light for photosynthesis * Classic Hodgkin's lymphoma, cancer originating from white blood cells *

Conductive hearing loss Conductive hearing loss (CHL) is a type of hearing impairment that occurs when sound waves are unable to efficiently travel through the outer ear, tympanic membrane (eardrum), or middle ear structures such as the ossicles. This blockage or dysfun ...

, a hearing disorder where there is a problem conducting sound waves through parts of the ear * Computational system for human language (C_HL), a concept proposed by

Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American professor and public intellectual known for his work in linguistics, political activism, and social criticism. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a ...

under his

Minimalist program In linguistics, the minimalist program is a major line of inquiry that has been developing inside generative grammar since the early 1990s, starting with a 1993 paper by Noam Chomsky. Following Imre Lakatos's distinction, Chomsky presents minima ...

Organisations

Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL), is the public healthcare provider for Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is a government-owned corporation, established by law on . This law unified the Grand Duchess Charlotte maternity ward, th ...

, the public-sector healthcare provider in Luxembourg City *

China Mobile China Mobile is the trade name of both China Mobile Limited and its ultimate controlling shareholder, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., a Chinese State-owned enterprises of China, state-owned telecommunicationsStrait deals ''The Econ ...

(New York Stock Exchange symbol, and on American Depository Receipts)

Other uses

California Historical Landmark A California Historical Landmark (CHL) is a building, structure, site, or place in the U.S. state of California that has been determined to have statewide historical landmark significance. Criteria Historical significance is determined by meetin ...

, a designation for historic sites in California, US *

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

(ISO 3166-1 3-letter country code CHL), a country in South America *

Church History Library The Church History Library (CHL) is a research center and archives building housing materials chronicling the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The library is owned by the Church and opened in 2009 in downto ...

, a research center and archives building in Salt Lake City operated by the LDS Church * Clifton Hill railway station, Melbourne * Concealed Handgun License, a legal authorization to carry concealed handguns used in some US states *

County Hall, London County Hall (sometimes called London County Hall) is a building in the district of Lambeth, London that was the headquarters of London County Council (LCC) and later the Greater London Council (GLC). The building is on the South Bank of the Riv ...