Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tel aviv-yafo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: tel a-viv-yafo
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A municipality in Israel, formed by the merger of Tel Aviv and Jaffa.

Etymology

From Tel Aviv + Yafo (“Jaffa”).

Inflected Forms

Tel Aviv-Jaffa (alternative)

Questions

What does tel aviv-yafo mean?: A municipality in Israel, formed by the merger of Tel Aviv and Jaffa.
Where does tel aviv-yafo come from?: From Tel Aviv + Yafo (“Jaffa”).

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