Tel Aviv

English

Alternative forms
  • 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.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛl.əˈvɪv/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɛl.əˈviːv/

Proper noun

Tel Aviv

  1. A city in Israel that later merged with Jaffa to form Tel Aviv-Yafo.
  2. (informal or formerly) The municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo.
  3. The center of Tel Aviv-Yafo.

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תֵּל אָבִיב‎ (tel 'avív).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌtɛ.la.ˈvi.vi/

Proper noun

Tel Aviv f

  1. Tel Aviv (a city in Israel)

Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Tel Aviv m (Cyrillic spelling Тел Авив)

  1. Tel Aviv, city in Israel
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