What is "adal"

n. An island of the coast of Sabah, Malaysia

Adal may refer to:

• a short form for Germanic names in aþala- (Old High German adal-) "nobility, pedigree", see Othalan
  • Adal Maldonado (born 1948), Puerto Rican artist
  • Adal Ramones, (born 1961), Mexican television show host
  • Adal Hernandez, (born 1973), American tattoo artist
• Adal Island, Malaysia
• Scandinavian Ådal (Old Norse Árdalr) "river valley"
  • Ådal, valley and former municipality in Buskerud county, Norway
  • Illerup Ådal, archeological site in Denmark
• Arabic عدل ʿadl "justice"
  • Adal Sultanate (عدل), former sultanate and geographic region in Northeast Africa
    • the Arabic name of Awdal, a region in northwestern Somalia
    • Adal (sheep), breed of sheep from Ethiopia
    • F. C. Adal Asmara, football team from Eritrea
  • Adal, Iran (عادل), a village in Lorestan Province

Ådal is a valley in the municipality of Ringerike and was a former municipality in Buskerud County, Norway. The municipality was created in 1857 by a split from Norderhov. At that time Ådal had a population of 2,382. On 1 January 1964 Ådal was merged with Hønefoss, Tyristrand, Hole and Norderhov to form the new municipality Ringerike. Prior to the merger Ådal had a population of 3,442.

Traditionally the Ådal parish has been divided three ways. Ytre Ådal includes the village of Hallingby and is the site of Hallingby school and Hval Church (Hval kirke). Øvre Ådal includes the village of Nes, Ådal and is the site of Nes school, Ringmoen school and Nes Church (Nes kirke). Vestre Ådal is the site of Viker Church and the Ådal Mountains (Ådalsfjellene), a small mountain range which stretches from Ådal to Vassfarfoten on the border with Vassfaret and Sør-Aurdal in Oppland.