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- Hebrew · derived fromתֵּל אָבִיב
- English todayTel Aviv
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.
Words from the same roots
Hebrewתֵּל אָבִיב all →
Tal al-Rabi'
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.