Hell Aviv

proper noun

Tel Aviv.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. InternetderogatoryoffensiverareTel Aviv.

    During the same period, Yaron Gilinsky was working as a Delta flight attendant on flights from New York to Tel Aviv. Except, he says, his non-Jewish co-workers would call it “Hell Aviv.” - "Delta is sued for ‘Hell Aviv’ anti-Semitism", The Jewish Star

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    I intended to spend a lot of time here eating (hopefully cheap) street food. This was part of my bid to get by on a budget in this buzzing city, classed as the world's most expensive city by the EIU – and dubbed ‘Hell Aviv’ by countless cash-strapped residents. - "How to visit Tel Aviv, Israel, on a budget", Rough Guides

Origin

Blend of hell + Tel Aviv, and chosen for the rhyme.

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Cite this entry
APA

Hell Aviv. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hell%20Aviv

MLA

“Hell Aviv.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hell%20Aviv. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hell Aviv,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hell%20Aviv.

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