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Yalta
Yalta comes from Crimean Tatar Yalta, and goes back to Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός ‘beach’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαἰγιαλόςaigialós‘beach’
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ΓιαλίταGialíta
- Crimean TatarmodernYalta
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαἰγιαλόςaigialós‘beach’
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ΓιαλίταGialíta
- Crimean TatarmodernYalta
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
sauce, salary, salt, salad, sausage, cellar, salsa, sal, saline, salami, salina, 32 more
through Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea’
Today it means
name A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός / Yalta