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alta

/ˈɑːltə/

alta noun: rose bengal dye worn by Indian women on the feet during festivals.

Noun

alta (uncountable)

  1. Rose bengal dye worn by Indian women on the feet during festivals.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Alta

Alta

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Alberta: a province of Canada.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Alta

Alta

  1. A female given name from Latin possibly from Latin alta (“high”), fairly common in the United States in the nineteenth century.
    • "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)
  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.

alta meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

alta in Hindi

अल्टा, अल्ता, आल्टा

alta in Tamil

ஆல்டா, அல்டா, அல்தா

alta in Marathi

अल्टा, अल्ता, आल्टा

alta in Urdu

آلٹا
More languagesFewer languages
alta in Bengali
আলতা, আলটা, আল্টা
alta in Telugu
ఆల్టా, అల్టా, అల్తా
alta in Malayalam
ആൾട്ട, ആൾട്ടാ, അൾട്ടാ
alta in Kannada
ಆಲ್ಟಾ, ಅಲ್ಟಾ, ಅಲ್ತಾ
alta in Punjabi
ਅਲਟਾ, ਆਲਟਾ
alta in Gujarati
અલ્ટા, અલ્તા, આલ્ટા
alta in Odia
ଅଲ୍ଟା, ଅଲଟା, ଆଲ୍ଟା
alta in Nepali
अल्टा, अल्ता

Forms of alta

alternative formAlta.

Words formed from alta

Phrases with alta

Questions about alta

What does alta mean?
Alta means rose bengal dye worn by Indian women on the feet during festivals.
What is alta in Hindi?
Alta in Hindi is अल्टा, अल्ता, आल्टा. See Alta meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is alta?
Alta can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce alta?
Alta is pronounced /ˈɑːltə/.

Words near alta in the dictionary

  1. alt.slackers
  2. alt.surfer
  3. alt.surfers
  4. alt.writer
  5. alt.writers
  6. alta
  7. Alta California
  8. Alta Lake
  9. Alta Loma
  10. Alta Sierra
  11. Alta Vista

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: alta (page history and authors); Alta (page history and authors); alta (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alta (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alta (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alta (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alta (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alta (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alta (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alta (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alta (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alta (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alta (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alta (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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