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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AL, in Arabic, an adjective or inseparable prefix. Its use is to render nouns definite, like the English the; as, alkoran, the koran or the book by eminence; alcove, alchimy, alembic, almanac, etc.
AL, In English, is sometimes a contraction of the Saxon athel, noble or illustrious.
More generally al, in composition is a contraction of ald or alt, old, and it is prefixed to many names, as Alburg.
Al, in the composition of Latin words, is written before l for ad, for the ease of pronunciation; as, in allevo, alludo, for ad levo, ad ludo.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite [syn: aluminum, aluminium, Al, atomic number 13]
2: a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn: Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL]

Merriam Webster's

symbol aluminum

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation 1. Alabama 2. American League 3. American Legion

Oxford Reference Dictionary

abbr. US Alabama (in official postal use).

Oxford Reference Dictionary

symb. Chem. the element aluminium.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Al Al, a. All. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Al Al conj. Although; if. [Obs.] See All, conj.

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