"Pal" meaning in English

See Pal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: En-au-Pal.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Pal
  1. A language of Papua New Guinea.
    Sense id: en-Pal-en-name-Xw0sCcNs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Languages Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 44 44 2 2 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 57 1 1 2 2 Disambiguation of Languages: 89 5 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Audio: En-au-Pal.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Pal
  1. (informal, slang) Palestine. Tags: informal, slang
    Sense id: en-Pal-en-name-wKjQMmoY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Audio: En-au-Pal.ogg [Australia] Forms: Pals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Pal (plural Pals)
  1. (informal, slang) Palestinian. Tags: informal, slang
    Sense id: en-Pal-en-noun-039MPyyt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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