Tel Aviv

Meaning

Proper Noun

city Israel (country) that later merged with Jaffa to form Tel Aviv-Yafo.
The municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo.
The center of Tel Aviv-Yafo.

Origin

From Hebrew תֵּל אָבִיב, from the title of Nahum Sokolow's translation of Theodor Herzl's w:Altneuland. From תֵּל, symbolizing the Old, and אָבִיב, symbolizing the New.

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