Tel Aviv-Yafo (תל אביב-יפו)

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Greek Name:  Τελ Αβίβ

English Name: Tel Aviv-Yafo

Arabic Name:  تل الربيع 

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Main Language: Hebrew

Secondary Languages: Yiddish, Yeshivish, Jewish Koine Greek, Yevanic, Shassi, Jedaeo-Iranian, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Aramaic, Judeo-Malayalam, etc.

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Latest Population: 460,613

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Interesting Facts:

• The city of Tel Aviv has the largest Jewish population.

• It is often called 'Tel Aviv Jaffa' because it is located at the ancient site, Jaffa.

• It was named after the author Binyamin Ze'ev (Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern day Zionism (movement to begin a Israeli statehood), who wrote the novel called Altneuland, which means Old-New Land. These words describes the old Israel land becoming the new land for the people of Israel.

• It is mentioned only one time in the Hebrew Tanakh.

• In Hebrew, it is translated as 'Tel' meaning hill and 'Aviv', which means spring or spring hill. It also means Hill of Springs in Arabic.

• The translation in Greek is unknown.

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