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NSL

NSL is the initialism of national speed limit.

NSL is the initialism of National Softball League.

NSL is the initialism of National Security Law.

NSL is the initialism of Nicaraguan Sign Language.

Meaning of Nicaraguan Sign Language

Proper noun

Nicaraguan Sign Language

  1. A sign language of Nicaragua.
    • Smaller-scale isolated deaf-education programs had existed previously in 20th-century Nicaragua, Shepard-Kegl says, but the critical mass needed to spontaneously develop Nicaraguan Sign Language only occurred with the opening of Melania Morales.2018 July 13, Shoshi Parks, “How Deaf Children in Nicaragua Created a New Language”, in Atlas Obscura, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2025
    Synonyms:
    NSL

Forms of NSL

pluralNSLs

Questions about NSL

What is NSL the initialism of?
NSL is the initialism of national speed limit.

Words near NSL in the dictionary

  1. NSIC
  2. nsima
  3. NSIP
  4. NSIPs
  5. NSIS
  6. NSL
  7. NSLP
  8. NSM
  9. NSman
  10. NSMB
  11. NSMB2

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: NSL (page history and authors); Nicaraguan Sign Language (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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