Yalta

American  

[yawl-tuh, yahl-tah] / ˈjɔl tə, ˈjɑl tɑ /

noun

1. a seaport in Crimea, in southeastern Ukraine, on the Black Sea: site of wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin February 4–12, 1945.

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Yalta British  

/ ˈjaltə /

noun

1. a port and resort in S Ukraine, in the Crimea on the Black Sea: scene of a conference (1945) between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, who met to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany. Pop: 80 552 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Some 2,000 islanders in Guna Yala will become one of the first indigenous communities in Latin America to relocate because of climate change.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2022

Mr Nada is a Guna from Guna Yala, an indigenous territory spread across hundreds of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama.

From BBC • May 18, 2022

Soldiers hold their weapons at a checkpoint in the troubled southern province of Yala February 28, 2013.

From Reuters • Jan. 13, 2022

Gabon captain and Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, midfielder Mario Lemina and assistant coach Anicet Yala tested positive for the coronavirus at an airport on the team’s arrival in Cameroon on Thursday.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022

“We don’t really know exactly how aspirin works, yet we use it all the time,” Yala said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021