Yalta

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑːl.tə/

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Yalta

1. A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine.
2. (by ellipsis) The Yalta Conference of 1945.

• Altay, Tayla