el
pronunciation
How to pronounce el in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce el in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- an electric elevated railway
Word Origin
- el (n.)
- American English abbreviation of elevated railroad, first recorded 1906 in O. Henry.
- el
- Spanish article, from Latin ille "that."
Example
- 1. Take el valle , a hillside slum on the edge of caracas , for example .
- 2. El salvador placed a surprising 11th , beating out malta and luxembourg .
- 3. An el nino event came into being since august 2006 .
- 4. El paso itself had only 19 murders during the same period .
- 5. Panama , el salvador and ecuador have the dollar ; montenegro and kosovo the euro .