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See also: Appendix:Variations of "el"
Translingual
Symbol
El
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Biblical Hebrew אֵל (ʾēl).
Proper noun
El
- Any of several major ancient Near East deities, including the supreme god of the Canaanite religion, but especially the supreme Hebrew God.
- 1956, Allen Ginsberg, “Howl”, in Howl and Other Poems (Pocket Poets Series), City Lights Books, →OCLC, page 9:
- […] who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tenement roofs illuminated, […]
Related terms
- Eloah, Elohim
Etymology 2
Proper noun
El (plural Els)
- (transport, slang) Any one of several specific elevated railways.
- The Washington Street El was torn down in 1987.
- 1955 July, “The Last Elevated Line in New York”, in Railway Magazine, page 444:
- Known colloquially as the "El," the elevated lines constituted the earliest attempt to remove urban passenger traffic from the streets.
Related terms
Etymology 3
Proper noun
El
- A unisex given name, often used as a nickname.
- 2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 8 June 2019:
- Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary.
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Tocharian B
Etymology
Possibly from an Uyghur word meaning "stem". (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
El ?
- an unknown-gender given name
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “El”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 103
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