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aal¹

  • /ɑːl/

Rhymes with -ɑːl

Where it comes from

Compare Sanskrit अलाक (alāka, “crown flower; kind of dye”).

noun aals

  1. The Indian mulberry or noni (Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria), a shrub found in Southeast Asia, the East Indies and the Pacific islands as far as French Polynesia.

    Similar: Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria

  2. A reddish dyestuff obtained from the roots of the East Indian shrubs Morinda citrifolia and Morinda tinctoria.

Aal²

Where it comes from

From German, probably from a derivative of Old High German ahu (“river, stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu, common in river names. Possibly influenced by Aal (“eel”).

proper noun

  1. A small river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany; a tributary of the Neckar.

AAL³

phrase

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of above aerodrome level

noun AALs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of anterior axillary line
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of asynchronous transfer mode adaptation layer; ATM adaptation layer.
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of attorney-at-law

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of African American language

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Chicago

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@misc{aal_2026,
  title = {aal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}