English Explanatory Dictionary

Yalta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine.
  2. The Yalta Conference of 1945.

Pronunciation

/ˈjɑːl.tə/ En-us-Yalta.ogg

Word forms

Yalta Ialta

Etymology

From Crimean Tatar Yalta, from Byzantine Greek Γιαλίτα (Gialíta), a derivative of γιαλός (gialós, “beach, seashore”), from Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialós).

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