The flight bags were el cheapos, not the sort of thing that Marc or Didi would be caught dead carrying.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT
There are no alleyways or conventional back doors in the Khan el Khalili.
Elizabeth Peters HE SHALL THUNDER IN THE SKY (2000)
All related terms of 'el'
El Sal
El Salvador
El Gîza
a city in NE Egypt, on the W bank of the Nile opposite Cairo : nearby are the Great Pyramid of Cheops ( Khufu ) and the Sphinx . Pop: 2 221 868 (1996)
El Niño
a warming of the eastern tropical Pacific occurring every few years, which alters the weather pattern of the tropics
El Paso
a city in W Texas , on the Rio Grande opposite Ciudad Juá rez , Mexico . Pop: 584 113 (2003 est)
El Aaiún
a city in Western Sahara , controlled by Morocco : the capital of the former Spanish Sahara; port facilities for rich phosphate deposits nearby . Pop: 197 000 (2005 est)
El Cajon
city in S Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 95,000
el cheapo
cheapo
El Dorado
a fabled city in South America, rich in treasure and sought by Spanish explorers in the 16th century
El Faiyûm
a city in N Egypt : a site of towns going back at least to the 12th dynasty . Pop: 311 000 (2005 est)
El Ferrol
seaport in NW Spain , on the Atlantic : pop. 86,000
El Greco
real name Domenikos Theotocopoulos. 1541–1614, Spanish painter , born in Crete ; noted for his elongated human forms and dramatic use of colour
El Khalil
a city in the West Bank: famous for the Haram , which includes the cenotaphs of Abraham and Sarah , Isaac and Rebecca , and Jacob and Leah . Pop: 168 000 (2005 est)
El Minya
a city in central Egypt , on the Nile . Pop: 225 000 (2005 est)
El Misti
a volcano in S Peru , in the Andes. Height : 5822 m (19 101 ft)
El Monte
city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 116,000
El Obeid
a city in central Sudan , in Kordofan province : scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi (1883). Pop: 423 000 (2005 est)
El Qahira
the capital of Egypt , on the Nile : the largest city in Africa and in the Middle East ; industrial centre; site of the university and mosque of Al Azhar (founded in 972). Pop: 18 771 769 (2015 est)
El Alamein
a village on the N coast of Egypt , about 112 km (70 miles) west of Alexandria : scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Axis forces (1942)
El Capitan
a mountain in E central California , in the Sierra Nevada : a monolith with a precipice rising over 1100 m (3600 ft) above the floor of the Yosemite Valley . Height : 2308 m (7572 ft)
El Mansûra
a city in NE Egypt : scene of a battle (1250) in which the Crusaders were defeated by the Mamelukes and Louis IX of France was captured ; cotton-manufacturing centre. Pop: 423 000 (2005 est)
El Progreso
city in NW Honduras : pop. 81,000
El Salvador
a republic in Central America, on the Pacific : colonized by the Spanish from 1524; declared independence in 1841, becoming a republic in 1856. It consists of coastal lowlands rising to a central plateau . Coffee constitutes over a third of the total exports . Official language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority . Currency: US dollar . Capital: San Salvador . Pop: 6 377 853 (2017 est). Area: 21 393 sq km (8236 sq miles)
Abd-el-Krim
1882–1963, Moroccan chief who led revolts against Spain and France, surrendered before their combined forces in 1926, but later formed the North African independence movement
El Iskandariyah
the chief port of Egypt , on the Nile Delta : cultural centre of ancient times, founded by Alexander the Great (332 bc ). Pop: 3 760 000 (2005 est)
Bab el Mandeb
a strait between SW Arabia and E Africa , connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden
ras-el-hanout
a mixture of spices used in North African cookery
Tell el Amarna
a group of ruins and rock tombs in Upper Egypt , on the Nile below Asyut : site of the capital of Amenhotep IV, built about 1375 bc ; excavated from 1891 onwards
Bida
the capital and chief port of Qatar , on the E coast of the peninsula . Pop: 717 790 (2015 est)
Elbrus
a mountain in SW Russia , on the border with Georgia , in the Caucasus Mountains, with two extinct volcanic peaks : the highest mountain in Europe . Height : 5642 m (18 510 ft)
El Cid Campeador
El or the. original name Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar. ?1043–99, Spanish soldier and hero of the wars against the Moors
Mahalla el Kubra
a city in N Egypt , on the Nile delta : one of the largest diversified textile centres in Egypt. Pop: 433 000 (2005 est)
Mari El Republic
a constituent republic of W central Russia , in the middle Volga basin . Capital: Yoshkar-Ola . Pop: 728 000 (2002). Area: 23 200 sq km (8955 sq miles)
Sharm el-Sheikh
a city in Egypt on the southern point of the Sinai Peninsula on the Red Sea; a major holiday resort . Pop: 73 000 (2015 est)
Tarabulus el Gharb
the capital and chief port of Libya , in the northwest on the Mediterranean : founded by Phoenicians in about the 7th century bc ; the only city that has survived of the three ( Oea , Leptis Magna, and Sabratha) that formed the African Tripolis ("three cities"); fishing and manufacturing centre. Pop: 1 223 300 (2002 est)
Faiyûm
city in N Egypt , just west of the Nile : pop. 213,000
El Paso del Norte
a city in N Mexico , in Chihuahua state on the Río Grande, opposite El Paso, Texas . Pop: 1 469 000 (2005 est)
El Ferrol del Caudillo
a port in NW Spain, on the Atlantic : fortified naval base, with a deep natural harbour . Pop: 78 764 (2003 est)