Yalta

//ˈjɑːl.tə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine.
  2. 2
    The Yalta Conference of 1945.

Etymology

From Crimean Tatar Yalta, from Byzantine Greek Γιαλίτα (Gialíta), a derivative of γιαλός (gialós, “beach, seashore”), from Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialós).

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