1. AL

noun. a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.

Rhymes with Al

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How do you pronounce al?

Pronounce al as æl.

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Sentences with al

1. Noun, singular or mass
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Quotes about al

1. In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
- Carl Honore

2. Eric called Al's suicide brave, and he was wrong. My mother's death was brave. I remember how calm she was, how determined. It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without hesitation, and without appearing to consider another option.
- Veronica Roth, Divergent

3. Funny songs aren't usually that good. Like Weird Al and maybe a couple of Beatles songs, but it's kind of hard to bring humor into rock music in an interesting way.
- Win Butler

2. Al-Hudaydah

noun. an important port in Yemen on the Red Sea.

3. al-Haytham

noun. an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040).

4. Al-Mukalla

noun. a port in southern Yemen on the Gulf of Aden to the east of Aden.

5. al-Qa'ida

noun. a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries.

6. al-Qur'an

noun. the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina.

7. al-Jihad

noun. an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells.

8. al-Qaeda

noun. a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries.

9. al-Aksa_Martyrs_Brigades

noun. a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank; responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002.

10. Al

noun. a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.