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tel aviv

/ˌtɛl.əˈvɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables
tel a-viv
IPA
/ˌtɛl.əˈvɪv/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Israel that later merged with Jaffa to form Tel Aviv-Yafo.

name

A district in Israel.

name

The municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo.

name

The center of Tel Aviv-Yafo.

Example Sentences

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.

Inflected Forms

Tel-Aviv (alternative)

Phrases

Hell Aviv Tel Avivan

Synonyms

Tel Aviv District

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce tel aviv?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɛl.əˈvɪv/.
What does tel aviv mean?
A city in Israel that later merged with Jaffa to form Tel Aviv-Yafo.
Where does tel aviv come from?
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.

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