Alta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "alta"

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Alta

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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.

Derived terms

• Alta Lake

See also

• Altagracia

References

• 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, Taal, Lata