"NL" meaning in English

See NL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: en-au-NL.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} NL
  1. Abbreviation of Newfoundland and Labrador, a province of Canada. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Newfoundland and Labrador (extra: a province of Canada) Synonyms: Nfld.
    Sense id: en-NL-en-name-s0vB6yiy Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  2. Abbreviation of Nagaland, a state of India. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Nagaland (extra: a state of India)
    Sense id: en-NL-en-name-E5t58oYo Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  3. Initialism of Neo-Latin. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Neo-Latin
    Sense id: en-NL-en-name-K22bQia9 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  4. Initialism of New Latin. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: New Latin
    Sense id: en-NL-en-name-gjXUSU7g Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  5. (US, Canada, baseball) Initialism of National League. Tags: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National League Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-NL-en-name-sOZx3PEu Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 7 5 23 29 13 3 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: NLCS [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], NLDS [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle]

Noun

Audio: en-au-NL.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} NL (uncountable)
  1. (Australia, business, law, in a company name) Initialism of no liability. Tags: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: no liability Categories (topical): Business, Law
    Sense id: en-NL-en-noun-fmXVRHv1 Categories (other): Australian English Topics: business, law
  2. (telegraphy) Initialism of night letter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: night letter Categories (topical): Telegraphy

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