KL

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kl"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keɪ ɛl/

Proper noun

KL

1. (Malaysia) Initialism of Kuala Lumpur.
   • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 159:

     [T]he Sultan and the Mentri Besar, the British Adviser, the crowd from K.L., God knows how much royalty from all over the Federation.

2. (India) Initialism of Kerala.
   • 1956, Paromita Sanyal, Vijayendra Rao, “Political Construction, State Enactments, and Citizen Performances”, in Oral Democracy: Deliberation in Indian Village Assemblies‎^[1], Cambridge University Press, published 2018, page 66:

     Kerala (KL) is classified as “high capacity.” In Kerala the grassroots deliberative process was preceded by an important “People's Campaign,” which created effective systems of participatory planning accompanied by significant devolution of funds and power.

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

KL m (strong, genitive KLs or KL, plural KL)

1. Abbreviation of Kursleiter.

See also

• TN m

Noun

KL n (strong, genitive KL, plural KL)

1. Abbreviation of Konzentrationslager (“concentration camp”).

Proper noun

KL n (proper noun, strong, genitive KLs)

1. Abbreviation of Kaiserslautern.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeel/ [ˈke.el]

Proper noun

KL

1. (Malaysia) Initialism of Kuala Lumpur.