Wiktionary

1. Hal(ProperNoun)

   A diminutive of the male given names Henry, Harold and Harry.

2. HAL(ProperNoun)

   a homicidal computer, an artificial intelligence that acts similarly to the HAL 9000 featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Origin: hailaz, from koylos. Cognate with Old Frisian hel, Old Saxon hel (Dutch heel, geheel), Old High German heil (German heil), Old Norse heill (Danish and Swedish hel), Gothic
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0343. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Old Church Slavonic целъ (Russian целый), Ancient Greek κοῖλυ, Welsh coel.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Hal

   a town of Belgium, 9 m. SW. from Brussels; noted for its 14th-century church, which contains a black wooden image of the Virgin credited with miraculous powers, and resorted to by pilgrims.

• voorportaalAfrikaans
• صالة الدُّخول والإنتِظار في الفُندُقArabic
• преддвериеBulgarian
• hall de entradaPortuguese (BR)
• hala, vestibulCzech
• die VorhalleGerman
• lobbyDanish
• προθάλαμος, αίθουσα αναμονής, είσοδοςGreek
• vestíbuloSpanish
• vestibüülEstonian
• تسالن ورودی؛ سالن انتظارFarsi
• aulaFinnish
• hallFrench
• לוֹבִּיHebrew
• प्रतीक्षा-कक्षHindi
• predvorje hotelaCroatian
• előcsarnok, hallHungarian
• lobiIndonesian
• forsalur, anddyriIcelandic
• ingresso, hallItalian
• ロビーJapanese
• 로비Korean
• vestibiulisLithuanian
• priekštelpa; foajē; vestibilsLatvian
• lobiMalay
• halDutch
• vestibyle, foajé, entréNorwegian
• hall, westybulPolish
• سالن ورودی؛ سالن انتظارPersian
• كورنى يا داخلى د انتظار خونهPashto
• átrioPortuguese
• vestibul, anti­ca­merăRomanian
• вестибюльRussian
• hala, vestibulSlovak
• sprejemna dvoranaSlovenian
• predvorjeSerbian
• vestibul, lobby, foajéSwedish
• ห้องโถงThai
• antre, lobiTurkish
• 門廳Chinese (Trad.)
• вестибюль; фойєUkrainian
• پیش گاہUrdu
• hành langVietnamese
• 门厅Chinese (Simp.)