"NHL" meaning in English

See NHL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} NHL
  1. (ice hockey) Initialism of National Hockey League. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Hockey League Translations (National Hockey League): LNH [feminine] (French), NHL (German), NHL (enu eichi eru) (Japanese), NHL [feminine] (Spanish), LNH [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-NHL-en-name-2FeRfj4u Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Ice hockey, Ice hockey Disambiguation of Ice hockey: 71 8 7 15 Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports Related terms: NBL, NFL, NLL, NSL, AHL, CHL, IHL, KHL, OHL, USHL, WHL, WCHL, CJAHL, QMJHL

Noun

Forms: NHLs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} NHL (plural NHLs)
  1. (pathology) Initialism of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: non-Hodgkin lymphoma
    Sense id: en-NHL-en-noun-0ubtBne5 Categories (other): Diseases Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  2. (US) Initialism of National Historic Landmark. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Historic Landmark
  3. (zoology, cynology) Initialism of Nenets Herding Laika. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Nenets Herding Laika
    Sense id: en-NHL-en-noun-vODwMRKC Categories (other): Zoology, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 26 6 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 21 5 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 30 4 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 29 3 53 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 22 8 49 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 26 9 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 19 23 12 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 26 6 53 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Inflected forms

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