1L=33.8 1402 ounces (American) = 1.05669=0.264 17 gallons (American) =4.22675 cups.
A liter is also a liter, popular name.
L is a liquid unit of volume, equivalent to ordinary unit of volume:
1L= 1 cubic decimeter (liter) =0.00 1 cubic meter = 1000 cubic centimeter (ml)