neel

Neel is a term used as a given name and a surname in South Asia. In languages such as Hindi, Urdu, and Bengali, neel means blue or indigo and appears in compounds like neelambar and neelkamal.

As a color word in transliterations, neel is used to render blue or indigo shades in English-language texts, particularly in reference to Indian color terms.

In science, Néel (with accent) refers to Louis Néel, a French physicist who contributed to magnetism and crystallography. The Néel temperature is the temperature at which certain magnetic materials transition from antiferromagnetism to paramagnetism; Néel order describes the arrangement of moments in antiferromagnets. In non-accented usage, the term may appear as Neel.

The term neel can thus refer to a name, a color term, or a scientific concept, depending on context.