NL

See also: nl, .nl, nl., ␤, and n. l.

Translingual

Symbol

NL

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Netherlands.

   Synonym: NLD (alpha-3)

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

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Noun

NL (uncountable)

1. (Australia, business, law, in a company name) Initialism of no liability.
   • 2012, Paul Latimer, Australian Business Law‎^[1], published 2012:

     For example, a no liability company must include in its name the words “No Liability” or its abbreviation “NL” as a warning to persons dealing with such a company.

2. (telegraphy) Initialism of night letter.

   Coordinate term: DL

Proper noun

NL

1. Abbreviation of Newfoundland and Labrador, a province of Canada.

   Synonym: Nfld.

   Coordinate terms: AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT

2. Abbreviation of Nagaland, a state of India.
3. Initialism of Neo-Latin.
4. Initialism of New Latin.
5. (US, Canada, baseball) Initialism of National League.

   Coordinate terms: AL, MLB

Derived terms

• (baseball): NLCS, NLDS

Anagrams

• LN, l.n., ln, ln.

Finnish

Proper noun

NL

1. Abbreviation of Neuvostoliitto (“The Soviet Union”).

Japanese

Etymology

Said to be either

• wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from normal +‎ love; or
• from ノンケ (nonke, “hetero”, slang) + love.

Interpretation as normal is debated because of the heteronormative implications.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞nɯ̟ᵝe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

NL(エヌエル) • (enueru) 

1. (fiction genre) hetero love stories (as opposed to BL or GL)

   Coordinate terms: BL (BL, literally “boys' love”), GL (GL, literally “girls' love”), NL (NL, “heterosexual love”, literally “normal love; nonke love”), TL (TL, literally “teens' love”)

Spanish

Proper noun

NL ?

1. Abbreviation of Nuevo León (Mexican state)