NL
abbreviation
NL
1 American
n.l.
2
American
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Printing. new line.
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non licet.
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non liquet.
N.L.
3
American
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Baseball. National League.
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Also NL, NL. New Latin; Neo-Latin.
NL
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British
abbreviation
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New Latin
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the Netherlands (international car registration)
nl
2
British
abbreviation
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non licet
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non liquet
nl
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British
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Etymology
Origin of nl
Latin: (for sense 1) it is not permitted (for sense 2) it is not clear
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Local news website NL Times reported that despite her injuries she managed to alert colleagues via her walkie-talkie.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
“We’ve seen how difficult it is to repeat,” said Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers’ president of baseball operations, when they clinched the NL West title.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
So, just as the Dodgers get the chance to start Skubal, the Brewers get the chance to start flamethrower Jacob Misiorowski, the presumptive NL Cy Young Award winner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Losing teams can be adept at challenges: The Reds also led MLB with 16.8 runs added through challenges, yet finished last in the NL Central.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The Cubs finished the season at the bottom of the NL Central.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
New Jersey. n.l., non licet=It is not permitted; non liquet=It is not clear; non longe=Not far.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The complaint, obtained Wednesday by The Times, was filed against John Roe N.L., a pseudonym for Lythgoe, The Times has confirmed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
K.G., a resident of Comal County, Texas, and her fellow contestant, K.N., a resident of Travis County, Texas, were at the party, along with N.L..
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
“When Plaintiff K.G. saw this and protested, Defendant N.L. finally surrendered,” the lawsuit said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
In seven of those 18 seasons, the top April team in the N.L. was either the Brooklyn Dodgers or the New York Giants.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2022
On the 11th August he was on the coast of Yalmal in 71° 48' N.L., whence he sailed over to Novaya Zemlya in order to take on board wood and water.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
To denote shells and subshells, we write nl with a number for n and a letter for l .
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Samples were hydrodynamically injected for a total volume of ~6 nl.
From Nature ● May 20, 2014
In Welsh mb, nd immediately preceding the stress appear in the modern language as mm, nn but in Breton we find mp, nl, e.g.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
O ay-e taswas sat-see nl Ts’kwot talswal skwi-la-wal, Owita kwa lat`z al stlay, Ooli ta sat-see-ul ta Jesus.
From Indian Methodist Hymn-book by Various
Therefore by Arithmeticall composition, as ur, and nl, are unto nl: so uo, and oy, that is, the whole uy, is unto oy, that is, unto as.
From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell
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