al-Lat

[ ahl-laht ]

/ ɑlˈlɑt /

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noun

a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying the sun and considered to be a daughter of Allah.

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The influential al Qaeda propagandist, who was born in New Mexico, died in a U.S. drone strike later that year.
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The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
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According to a Yemeni intelligence source, Saïd met with the notorious U.S. preacher Anwar al Awlaki.
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Two witnesses outside the Charlie Hebdo office building quoted the Kouachi brothers claiming they were members of al Qaeda.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

There is a particular focus in the magazine on attacking the United States, which al Qaeda calls a top target.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I saw three kinds of sea-tangle, but could only obtain a specimen of one, resembling that which I had seen in 44° South lat.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
I read Wys for want of a better word; it answers to one sense of Lat.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
When the exact sense was lost, the suffix -al seemed to be adjectival, and the word dismal became at last an adjective.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
The Provençal has not even the formal distinction of the nouns in al, which in French make their plural in aux.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
I hold it to be the exact literal translation into French of the Lat.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer