TEL AVIV

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tel Aviv mean? 

• TEL AVIV (noun)
  The noun TEL AVIV has 1 sense:

1. the largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean

  Familiarity information: TEL AVIV used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEL AVIV (noun)

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; Joppa; Yafo (a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950)

Holonyms ("Tel Aviv" 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)

 Context examples 

The University of Tel Aviv has shown the appearance of parotid gland cancer.

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