KL

• IPA^(key): /keɪ ɛl/

KL

1. Initialism of Kuala Lumpur: the capital of Malaysia.
   • 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. Abbreviation of Kerala: a state of India.
   • 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.

• (the capital of Malaysia, slang, derogatory): K-Hell

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

1. abbreviation of Kursleiter

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KL n (strong, genitive KL, plural KL)

1. abbreviation of Konzentrationslager (“concentration camp”)

KL n (proper noun, strong, genitive KLs)

1. abbreviation of Kaiserslautern

• IPA^(key): [ke.ʔɛl]
• Hyphenation: K‧L

KL

1. initialism of Kuala Lumpur: the capital of Malaysia