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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, immig ...
, 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 als ...
, a supporting villain of ''Toy Story 2'' * Al, or Aldebaran, a character in ''Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'' media


Music

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A L ''A L'' is an EP by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1985 by Italian label Five Records. Background ''A L'' was released by minor Italian label Five Records, closely related to Canale 5, when Lear was at the peak of her television career in ...
'', 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 Am ...
'', an album by Madonna


Calendar

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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

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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 dem ...
, a spirit in Persian and Armenian mythology * Al Basty, 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

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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 The Alternative List (german: Alternative Liste), abbreviated to AL, is a socialist political party in Switzerland. The AL has existed since 1990 as a loose coalition of left-wing activists. At the beginning of 2007, the AL Zurich was transformed ...
, 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 ...
, 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 o ...
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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 ...


Sports bodies

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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 b ...
, 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 ...
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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 use ...
, the current official name of the League of Ireland


People and anthroponymy

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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 nam ...
, list of people named ''Al'' * A. L., pseudonym of the British composer
Amelia Lehmann Amelia Lehmann (''née'' Chambers) (3 February 1838 – 1 April 1903) was a British and composer and arranger of art songs and popular ballads, many of which she published under the pseudonym "A. L.". She was also considered a gifted singer and w ...
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Al- ( ar, ٱلْـ), also Romanized as ''el-'', ''il-,'' and ''l-'' as pronounced in some varieties of Arabic, is the definite article in the Arabic language: a particle (''ḥarf'') whose function is to render the noun on which it is prefixed def ...
( 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 names Arabic language names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from the Arabic-speaking and also Muslim countries have not had given/ middle/family names but rather a chain of names. This system remains in use throughou ...


Places


Americas

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Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
, a state of the United States (postal abbreviation: AL) *
Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. ...
, a state of Brazil *
Allen County, Kansas Allen County (county code AL) is a county located in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. It is 504 square miles, or 322,560 acres in size. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,526. Its county seat and most populous city ...
, US (county code: AL)


Asia

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Al, Iran Al ( fa, ال, also Romanized as Āl) is a village in Kardeh Rural District, in the Central District of Mashhad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a ...
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Al, Yenişehir Al is a village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically rangin ...
, 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 * AL, 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


See also

* A1 (disambiguation) * A/L or GCE Advanced Level * Ai (disambiguation) {{disambiguation