Tel Aviv

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Israel that later merged with Jaffa to form Tel Aviv-Yafo.
  2. A district in Israel.
  3. The municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo.
  4. The center of Tel Aviv-Yafo.

Pronunciation

/ˌtɛl.əˈvɪv/ /ˌtɛl.əˈviːv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tel Aviv.wav

Word forms

Tel Aviv Tel-Aviv

Etymology

From Hebrew תֵּל אָבִיב (tel 'avív), from the title of Nahum Sokolow's translation of Theodor Herzl's Altneuland (“The Old New Land”). From תֵּל (tél, “hill formed by ancient ruins”), symbolizing the Old, and אָבִיב ('avív, “spring”), symbolizing the New.

Derived words

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