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Dal

name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. informal

    "The recreation program at Dal is very well rounded."

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of Dallas. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    A river in central Sweden, the second longest in the country.
  4. 4
    Initialism of Delta Air Lines. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "AmEx has co-branded cards with Delta (DAL) and Hilton (HLT), and Squeri said spending volume for both increased by double digit percentages in the quarter."

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Initialism of data access layer, a software architecture layer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters wordnet
  4. 4
    A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc. countable, uncountable

    "A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins."

  5. 5
    Initialism of database abstraction layer, a software architecture layer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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  1. 6
    A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi दाल (dāl) or Bengali ডাল (ḍal).

Etymology 2

The river is from Swedish Dalälven, probably from Old Norse dálr (“valley”).

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