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
    
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌtɛl.əˈvɪv/
 - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌtɛl.əˈviːv/
 - Rhymes: -ɪv, -iːv
 
Proper noun
    
Tel Aviv
- A city in Israel that later merged with Jaffa to form Tel Aviv-Yafo.
 - (by extension) A district in Israel.
- Synonym: Tel Aviv District
 
 - (informal or formerly) The municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo.
 - The center of Tel Aviv-Yafo.
 
Translations
    
city in Israel
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Spanish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˌtel aˈbib/ [ˌt̪el aˈβ̞iβ̞]
 - Syllabification: Tel A‧viv
 
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