L

The twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet, L is derived ultimately from the Semitic Lamed which stood for the phonetic value /l/ as did the Greek letter Lambda Λ (upper case) or λ (lower case), as well as the equivalent Etruscan and Latin letters. In reference, it is spelled el or ell. \nLima represents the letter L in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

Meanings for L

\n*In biochemistry, L is the symbol for leucine.\n*In electrical engineering, L is often the variable for inductance.\n*In financial securities, L is the stock symbol for Liberty Media Corporation A\n*In industry, L often denotes "large size".\n* In international licence plate codes, L stands for Luxembourg.\n*In navigation, L denotes the relative direction "left"; see left and right.\n*In Roman numerals, L denotes the number fifty.\n*In the Metric system, l or L is symbol for litre or liter, the SI base unit for volume.\n*In video games, L is the abbreviation for Luigi, a Nintendo character.\n*When affixed to the back of a car, L often means learner.\n*The city of Chicago, Illinois has an elevated train called the L. See also: Ll, £ Two-letter combinations starting with L:\n*la lb lc ld le lf lg lh li lj lk ll lm ln lo lp lq lr ls lt lu lv lw lx ly lz