Tel Aviv (?t?l ??vi?v) n (Placename) a city in W Israel, on the Mediterranean: the largest city and chief financial centre of Israel; incorporated the city of Jaffa in 1950; university (1953): regarded by the international community as the capital of Israel, though most functions of the capital operate from Jerusalem. Pop: 363 400 (2003 est). Official name: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Tel A?viv (?t?l ??viv) n. a city in W central Israel. 355,900. Official name, Tel` Aviv?-Jaf?fa (-?y? f?) Tel` Aviv?-Ya?fo (-?y? fo?) Tel` A?viv?an, n. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.