Alta
See also: Appendix:Variations of "alta"
English
editEtymology 1
editAlternative forms
editProper noun
editAlta
- Abbreviation of Alberta, a province of Canada.
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editAlta
- 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- - -
- 1870 Mary Mapes Dodge: St. Nicholas:A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls: page 725 (Little Menan Light):
- (rare) A male given name from Latin.
- A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway.
- A census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States.
See also
editReferences
edit- [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
editNorwegian Bokmål
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Pronunciation
editProper noun
editAlta
- A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editProper noun
editAlta
- A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway
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