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.
(informal or formerly) The municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo.
The center of Tel Aviv-Yafo.

Translations

city in Israel

Amharic: ቴል አቪቭ (tel ʾäviv)
Arabic: تَلّ أَبِيب‎ f (tall ʔabīb), تَلّ أَبِيب يَافَا‎ f (tall ʔabīb yāfā)
Aramaic: ܬܠ ܐܒܝܒ‎
Armenian: Թել Ավիվ (hy) (Tʿel Aviv)
Basque: Tel Aviv
Belarusian: Тэль-Аві́ў m (Telʹ-Avíŭ)
Bengali: তেল আভিভ (tel abhibh)
Bulgarian: Тел Ави́в m (Tel Avív)
Catalan: Tel Aviv
Chinese:
Mandarin: 特拉維夫／特拉维夫 (zh) (Tèlāwéifū)
Czech: Tel Aviv (cs) m
Danish: Tel Aviv n
Dutch: Tel Aviv n
Esperanto: Tel-Avivo
Finnish: Tel Aviv (fi)
French: Tel Aviv (fr) m, Tel-Aviv-Jaffa (fr) m
Galician: Tel Aviv
Georgian: თელ-ავივი (tel-avivi)
German: Tel Aviv-Jaffa n, Tel Aviv (de) n
Greek: Τελ Αβίβ n (Tel Avív), Τελ Αβίβ-Γιάφα (Tel Avív-Giáfa)
Ancient Greek: Θελαβίβ f (Thelabíb)
Hebrew: תֵּל אָבִיב‎ (he) f (tel 'avív), תֵּל אָבִיב-יָפוֹ‎ (tel 'avív–yáfo)
Hindi: तेल अवीव m (tel avīv)
Hungarian: Tel-Aviv (hu), Tel-Aviv-Jaffa (hu)
Indonesian: Tel Aviv
Italian: Tel Aviv f
Japanese: テルアビブ (Teru-Abibu), テル・アヴィヴ (Teru-Avivu)
Korean: 텔아비브 (Terabibeu), 텔 어빕 (Tel eobip)
Ladino: Tel Aviv
Latin: Telavivum n, Thēlābīb ?
Latvian: Telaviva f
Lithuanian: Tel Avivas m
Macedonian: Тел Авив m (Tel Aviv)
Malayalam: ടെല് അവീവ് (ṭel avīvŭ)
Marathi: तेल अवीव n (tel avīv)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Tel Aviv n
Persian: تل‌آویو‎ (tel-âviv)
Polish: Tel Awiw (pl) m
Portuguese: Tel Aviv f, Tel Aviv-Yafo f
Romanian: Tel Aviv
Russian: Тель-Ави́в (ru) m (Telʹ-Avív), Тель-Ави́в — Я́ффо m (Telʹ-Avív — Jáffo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Тел Авив m

Roman: Tel Aviv m
Slovak: Tel Aviv m
Slovene: Tel Aviv m
Spanish: Tel Aviv (es) m
Swedish: Tel Aviv n
Tagalog: Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tamil: டெல் அவீவ் (ṭel avīv)
Thai: เทลอาวีฟ
Turkish: Tel Aviv
Ukrainian: Тель-Аві́в m (Telʹ-Avív)
Urdu: تَل اَبِیب‎ m (tal abīb)
Vietnamese: Ten A-víp, Đồi Xuân (calque)
Welsh: Tel Aviv
Yiddish: תּל־אָבֿיבֿ‎ (tel-oviv)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Telavive

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תֵּל אָבִיב‎ (tel 'avív).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.la.ˈvi.vi/

Proper noun

Tel Aviv f

Tel Aviv (a city in Israel)
Synonym: Tel Aviv-Yafo

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Tel Aviv m (Cyrillic spelling Тел Авив)

Tel Aviv (a city in Israel)

Spanish

Proper noun

Tel Aviv ?

Tel Aviv

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