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yalta

/ˈjɑːl.tə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
yal-ta
IPA
/ˈjɑːl.tə/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine.

name

The Yalta Conference of 1945.

Etymology

From Crimean Tatar Yalta, from Byzantine Greek Γιαλίτα (Gialíta), a derivative of γιαλός (gialós, “beach, seashore”), from Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialós).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Yalta, Γιαλίτα, αἰγιαλός

Inflected Forms

Ialta (alternative)

Rhymes With

malta

Questions

How do you pronounce yalta?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɑːl.tə/.
What does yalta mean?
A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine.
Where does yalta come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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