# Yalta

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈjɑːl.tə/ · frequency rank #49,152

## Definitions
1. A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine.
2. The Yalta Conference of 1945.

## Etymology
From Crimean Tatar Yalta, from Byzantine Greek Γιαλίτα (Gialíta), a derivative of γιαλός (gialós, “beach, seashore”), from Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialós).

## Easily confused with
- **yat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yalta-vs-yat)
- **yaya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yalta-vs-yaya)
- **Yama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yalta-vs-yama)
- **Yulia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yalta-vs-yulia)
- **Yale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yale-vs-yalta)
- **Yahya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yahya-vs-yalta)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aylta`, `yalat`, `yallta`, `yaltta`, `yatla`, `ylata`, `yyalta`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/yalta