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TEL AVIV-JAFFA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tel Aviv-Jaffa mean?
• TEL AVIV-JAFFA (noun)
The noun TEL AVIV-JAFFA has 1 sense:
1. the largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean
Familiarity information: TEL AVIV-JAFFA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Tel Aviv; Tel Aviv-Jaffa; Tel Aviv-Yalo
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Meronyms (parts of "Tel Aviv-Jaffa"):
Jaffa; Joppa; Yafo (a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950)
Holonyms ("Tel Aviv-Jaffa" is a part of...):
Israel; Sion; State of Israel; Yisrael; Zion (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)
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