SAL
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Sal may refer to:
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Sal. (abbreviation) may refer to:
SAL or S.A.L. (acronym) may refer to:
People
- A nickname for SalvatoreSalvatoreSalvatore is an Italian name that means "savior".-People:* Dominic Salvatore Gentile , United States Army Air Forces officer* John Romita, Jr. , comic artist* R. A...
, a common Italian name - Sal MineoSal MineoSalvatore "Sal" Mineo, Jr. , was an American film and theatre actor, best known for his performance as John "Plato" Crawford opposite James Dean in the film Rebel Without a Cause...
, an American film and theatre actor - Sal ParadiseSal ParadiseSalvatore “Sal” Paradise is the narrator and the protagonist in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road. Sal, an Italian American youth living in New Jersey with his aunt, is an uninspired writer working on a book who follows and accompanies Dean Moriarty, a young and reckless Denver vagrant, on his...
, the narrator and protagonist in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road - Sal, a character in the sci-fi animated TV series Futurama
- Sir Alan Sugar
- Nickname for Salman Khan (educator)Salman Khan (educator)Salman Amin 'Sal' Khan is an American educator and the founder of the Khan Academy, a free online education platform and nonprofit organization....
Places
- Sal, Cape VerdeSal, Cape VerdeSal is an island in Cape Verde. It belongs to the northern group of islands, called Barlavento. The island is composed by a single administrative division, the Sal municipality. The island is home to Amílcar Cabral International Airport, the main airport of Cape Verde.- Geography :The island is...
, an island in Cape Verde - Sal River (India)Sal River (India)Sal River is a river in South Goa, India. The river opens near Cavelossim. Villagers here have been fighting to save the river from dredging.It passes through Margao, Navelim,Dramapur, Chinchinim, Assolna and drains itself into the Arabian Sea at Betul, Goa....
, a river in Goa - Sal River (Russia), a river in Russia
Other
- Sal (Shorea robusta), a tree found in southern Asia that is an important source of hardwood timber
- Sal languagesSal languagesThe Brahmaputran or Sal languages are a family of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in eastern India and Burma.Burling proposed a grouping of the Bodo–Garo, Konyak and Jingpho languages, calling the proposed group Sal, after the words sal, san and jan for "sun" in various of these languages.The...
, a family of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in eastern India and Burma
Sal. (abbreviation) may refer to:
- SaltSaltIn chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...
- Salutis, as in the phrase "Anno Salutis" (abbreviated "Ao. Sal."; meaning "in the year of (ie. after our) salvation"), typically found next to a date e.g. on buildings to denote the date of construction/completion
- SalutationSalutationA salutation is a greeting used in a letter or other written communication, such as an email. Salutations can be formal or informal. The most common form of salutation in a letter is Dear followed by the recipient's given name or title...
- El Salvador International AirportEl Salvador International AirportEl Salvador International Airport , commonly known as Comalapa International Airport or Cuscatlán International Airport, is located about from San Salvador in El Salvador...
, whose IATA code is "SAL"
SAL or S.A.L. (acronym) may refer to:
- Surface Air LiftedSurface Air LiftedSAL, or Surface Air Lifted, is a Universal Postal Union category of international mail service where mail is handled as surface mail in the country of origin, and the destination country, but as airmail between the two countries...
, postal classification - Seaboard Air Line RailroadSeaboard Air Line RailroadThe Seaboard Air Line Railroad , which styled itself "The Route of Courteous Service," was an American railroad whose corporate existence extended from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line...
- Saharan Air LayerSaharan Air LayerThe Saharan Air Layer is an intensely dry, warm and sometimes dust-laden layer of the atmosphere which often overlies the cooler, more-humid surface air of the Atlantic Ocean. In the Sahara Desert region of North Africa, where it originates, it is the prevalent atmosphere, extending from the...
- SAL 9000 is the earth-based equivalent of HAL 9000 in 2010: Odyssey Two
- The South Atlantic LeagueSouth Atlantic LeagueThe South Atlantic League is a minor league baseball league based chiefly in the Southeastern United States, with the exception of three teams in the Mid-Atlantic States...
, a minor league baseball league - Swedish American LineSwedish American LineSwedish American Line was a passenger and cargo shipping line. It was founded in December 1914 under the name Rederiaktiebolaget Sverige-Nordamerika, beginning ocean liner service from Gothenburg to New York in 1915...
, an ocean liner and cruise ship operator that existed between 1915 and 1986 - Saskatchewan Accelerator LaboratorySaskatchewan Accelerator LaboratoryThe Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory was a linear accelerator facility on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The facility was constructed in 1961 at a cost of $1.7M under the direction of Leon Katz. SAL was identified by the OECD as a National...
- Sons of the American Legion
- Source Annotation LanguageSource Annotation LanguageThe standard annotation language is a set of annotations developed by Microsoft that describe how a C/C++ programming language function will use its parameters. SAL annotations allow a programmer to declare guaranteed characteristics of a parameter, such that they can be verified by the compiler...
, which provides a set of annotations to describe how a C/C++ programming language function uses its parameters - The Chapman codeChapman codeChapman codes are largely a superset of the ISO 3166-2:GB and BS 6879 codes identifying administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, but covering historical divisions...
for Shropshire - Structural Adjustment LoanStructural adjustment loanStructural adjustment loan is a type of loan to developing countries. It is the mechanism by which international financial institutions, such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, impose structural adjustment...
s, an economic tool supported by the World Bank - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens, South African airline
- Sterility assurance levelSterility assurance levelSterility assurance level is a term used in microbiology to describe the probability of a single unit being non-sterile after it has been subjected to the sterilization process. For example, medical device manufacturers design their sterilization processes for an extremely low SAL - "one in a...
- The salivary lipocalin, SAL, the pig major urinary protein homologue