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Tel Aviv

[ tel uh-veev ]

noun

  1. a city in west central Israel: one of the centers of Jewish immigration following World War II. International embassies are located in the city. Jerusalem.


Tel Aviv

/ ˈtɛl əˈviːv /

noun

  1. a city in W Israel, on the Mediterranean: the largest city and chief financial centre of Israel; incorporated the city of Jaffa in 1950; university (1953): regarded by the international community as the capital of Israel, though most functions of the capital operate from Jerusalem. Pop: 363 400 (2003 est) Official nameTel Aviv-Jaffaˈtɛl əˈviːvˈdʒæfə
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Tel Aviv1

First recorded in 1915–20; from Hebrew tel “mound, hill, heap” + ābhībh “spring” (the season, symbol of renewal)
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Example Sentences

Benjy Gillman, co-founder and CEO of the Tel Aviv-based virtual hiring platform myInterview, said the AI aspects of recruitment are simply a way to make the hiring process more efficient for the HR professional.

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The same year Sheppard first spotted him at a tournament, he became the youngest player, at 16, ever to play for Maccabi Tel Aviv’s senior team in the Israeli pro league.

Earlier this month, the Tel Aviv-based startup raised $23 million in a Series B round jointly led by LG Group’s investment arm LG Technology Ventures and Marius Nacht, co-founder of Check Point Software Technologies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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