Meanings
alternative Tel-Aviv
- A city in Israel that later merged with Jaffa to form Tel Aviv-Yafo.
Israel intercepted a missile fired by Hezbollah near Tel Aviv on Wednesday, an unprecedented attack by the militant group that reached deep into the country’s commercial heartlands and marked a new escalatory step in the conflict between the two sides.
2024 September 25, Irene Nasser, Dana Karni, Helen Regan, Sophie Tanno, “Israel intercepts Hezbollah ballistic missile near Tel Aviv in first such attack”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2024 - informal or formerlyThe municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo.
- The center of Tel Aviv-Yafo.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA district in Israel.
Origin
- Hebrewתֵּל אָבִיב
- EnglishTel 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.
More words from Hebrew
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Θελαβίβ
- Θελαβίβ (Thelabíb)city in Israel
Arabic تَلّ أَبِيب, تَلّ أَبِيب يَافَا
- تَلّ أَبِيب (tall ʔabīb)city in Israel
- تَلّ أَبِيب يَافَا (tall ʔabīb yāfā)city in Israel
Basque Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Bengali তেল আভিভ
- তেল আভিভ (tel abhibh)city in Israel
Bulgarian Тел Ави́в
- Тел Ави́в (Tel Avív)city in Israel
Catalan Tel-Aviv
- Tel-Avivcity in Israel
Chinese Mandarin 特拉維夫 /特拉维夫
- 特拉維夫 /特拉维夫 (Tèlāwéifū)city in Israel
Czech Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Danish Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Dutch Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Esperanto Tel-Avivo
- Tel-Avivocity in Israel
Finnish Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
French Tel Aviv, Tel-Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
- Tel-Avivcity in Israel
- Tel Aviv-Jaffacity in Israel
- Tel-Aviv-Jaffacity in Israel
German Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Tel Aviv
- Tel Aviv-Jaffacity in Israel
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Greek Τελ Αβίβ, Τελ Αβίβ-Γιάφα
- Τελ Αβίβ (Tel Avív)city in Israel
- Τελ Αβίβ-Γιάφα (Tel Avív-Giáfa)city in Israel
Hebrew תֵּל אָבִיב, תֵּל אָבִיב־יָפוֹ
- תֵּל אָבִיב (tel 'avív)city in Israel
- תֵּל אָבִיב־יָפוֹcity in Israel
Hindi तेल अवीव
- तेल अवीव (tel avīv)city in Israel
Hungarian Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv-Jaffa
- Tel-Avivcity in Israel
- Tel-Aviv-Jaffacity in Israel
Indonesian Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Italian Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Japanese テルアビブ, テル・アヴィヴ
- テルアビブ (Teru-Abibu)city in Israel
- テル・アヴィヴ (Teru-Avivu)city in Israel
Korean 텔아비브, 텔 아비브
- 텔아비브 (Terabibeu)city in Israel
- 텔 아비브 (Tel abibeu)city in Israel
- 텔 어빕 (Tel eobip)city in Israel
Latin Tēlāvīvum, Thēlābīb
- Tēlāvīvumcity in Israel
- Thēlābībcity in Israel
Latvian Telaviva
- Telavivacity in Israel
Lithuanian Tel Avivas
- Tel Avivascity in Israel
Māori Terewiwi
- Terewiwicity in Israel
Norwegian Bokmål Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Persian تلآویو
- تلآویو (tel-âviv)city in Israel
Polish Tel Awiw
- Tel Awiwcity in Israel
Portuguese Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yafo
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
- Tel Aviv-Yafocity in Israel
- Telavivecity in Israel
Romanian Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Russian Тель-Ави́в
- Тель-Ави́в (Telʹ-Avív)city in Israel
Slovak Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Spanish Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Swedish Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Tagalog Tel Aviv-Yafo
- Tel Aviv-Yafocity in Israel
Tamil டெல் அவீவ்
- டெல் அவீவ் (ṭel avīv)city in Israel
Thai เทลอาวีฟ
- เทลอาวีฟcity in Israel
Turkish Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Ukrainian Тель-Аві́в
- Тель-Аві́в (Telʹ-Avív)city in Israel
Urdu تَل اَبِیب
- تَل اَبِیب (tal abīb)city in Israel
Vietnamese Ten A-víp, Đồi Xuân
- Ten A-vípcity in Israel
- Đồi Xuâncity in Israel
Welsh Tel Aviv
- Tel Avivcity in Israel
Yiddish תּל־אָבֿיבֿ
- תּל־אָבֿיבֿ (tel-oviv)city in Israel
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Tel Aviv
All rhymes →Cite this entry
Tel Aviv. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tel%20Aviv
“Tel Aviv.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tel%20Aviv. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tel Aviv,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tel%20Aviv.
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