Tel Aviv-Yafo
- proper noun
- /tɛl əˈviv ˈjɑːfoʊ/
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Tel Aviv-Yafo
- Many international companies have offices in Tel Aviv-Yafo due to its economic importance.
Examples
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The coastline of Tel Aviv-Yafo is famous for its beautiful beaches and vibrant nightlife.
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She is flying to Tel Aviv-Yafo next week to attend a business conference.
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I visited Tel Aviv-Yafo last summer.
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Have you ever been to Tel Aviv-Yafo?
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Tel Aviv-Yafo is known for being a major financial center that attracts numerous investors and entrepreneurs.
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The annual technology summit will be held in Tel Aviv-Yafo, showcasing the city's innovation landscape.
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Tourists flock to Tel Aviv-Yafo to explore its rich history and modern attractions along the coastline.
Synonyms
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The largest city in Israel on the Mediterranean coast and its main business center
A city in western Israel on the Mediterranean that is the country's largest city and business center
Surface Forms
Morphology
Tel + Aviv-Yafo
Tel Aviv-Yafo is a place name whose specialized metonymic use to mean the city's tech/startup sector is not compositionally derived from its surface parts; the constituents are not transparent lexical items in English. A B1 learner who knows the words (or recognizes the place name) would not reliably infer this extended metonymic meaning without prior exposure, so the expression is not predictable from its parts.
Etymology
Tel Aviv-Yafo joins the new town Tel Aviv and the old port Yafo; Tel Aviv was chosen as a name meaning 'hill of spring' to show a new, modern place, while Yafo is the ancient seaside town where ships came, so the full name shows a modern city with old roots by the sea.