KL

K5L1
/keɪ ɛl/

A form of Kuala Lumpur — A federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. MalaysiaSingaporeabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Kuala Lumpur: the capital of Malaysia.

    [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.

    1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 159
  2. abbreviationAbbreviation of Kerala: a state of India.

    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.

    1956, Paromita Sanyal, Vijayendra Rao, “Political Construction, State Enactments, and Citizen Performances”, in Oral Democracy: Deliberation in Indian Village Assemblies, Cambridge University Press, published 2018, page 66

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
kuala lumpur
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APA

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“KL.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/KL. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “KL,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/KL.

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