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

Proper noun

Tel Aviv

  2. A city in Israel that later merged with Jaffa to form Tel Aviv-Yafo.
    • 2024 September 25, Irene Nasser, Dana Karni, Helen Regan and Sophie Tanno, “Israel intercepts Hezbollah ballistic missile near Tel Aviv in first such attack”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Israel intercepted a missile fired by Hezbollah near Tel Aviv on Wednesday, an unprecedented attack by the militant group that reached deep into the country’s commercial heartlands and marked a new escalatory step in the conflict between the two sides.
  3. (by extension) A district in Israel.
    Synonym: Tel Aviv District
  4. (informal or formerly) The municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo.
  5. The center of Tel Aviv-Yafo.

Translations

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תֵּל אָבִיב (tel 'avív).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌtɛ.laˈvi.vi/

Proper noun

Tel Aviv f

  1. Tel Aviv (a city in Israel)
    Synonym: Tel Aviv-Yafo

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Tel Aviv m inan (Cyrillic spelling Тел Авив)

  1. Tel Aviv (a city in Israel)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtel aˈbib/ [ˌt̪el aˈβ̞iβ̞]
  • Syllabification: Tel A‧viv

Proper noun

Tel Aviv ?

  1. Tel Aviv
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