Alta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "alta"

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• Alta.

Proper noun

Alta

1. Abbreviation of Alberta, a province of Canada.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Alta

1. A female given name from Latin possibly from Latin alta (“high”), fairly common in the United States in the nineteenth century.
   • 1870 Mary Mapes Dodge: St. Nicholas:A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls: page 725 (Little Menan Light):

     "I'm thinkin', Marthy Ann, that as Altie's " ( she had been named Alta, for her mother ) - "close onto twelve year old, ye might be spared ter go off home- - -

2. (rare) A male given name from Latin.
3. A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway.
4. A census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States.

See also

• Altagracia

References

• [1] U.S. Social Security Administration, accessed on December 15th, 2010: The first name Alta was included in the top 1000 female names in 1880-1956, and in the top 1000 male names in 1889, 1891, and 1895.

Anagrams

• Lata, lata, tala

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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Proper noun

Alta

1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Alta

1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway