Aviv

or A·bib

[ ah-veev ]

noun

1. Chiefly Biblical. a former name for Nisan, the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
2. the season of spring in the Jewish year.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aviv¹

First recorded in 1525–35; from Hebrew āvīv, literally, “ear of barley”

Example Sentences

Not all Israeli gay propaganda is pinkwashing—a lot of it is good, old-fashioned PR to attract gay tourist dollars to Tel Aviv.

From The Daily Beast

Livvix, 30, is now in solitary confinement in the maximum-security Ayalon prison in Ramla, a city near Tel Aviv.

From The Daily Beast

Her father, a diamond dealer, moved the family from Tel-Aviv to New York when Kalman was four.

From The Daily Beast

Sitting at a cozy café in the center of Tel Aviv, Kallai looks nothing like the feisty woman he plays on screen.

From The Daily Beast

After her husband dies in a freak accident, Regal moves to Tel Aviv.

From The Daily Beast

Founder and co-owner of a chain of computerised information kiosks in Tel-Aviv, Israel.

From Project Gutenberg