Alta
See also: alta, Alta., álta, älta, altă, and Alt-A
English
Alternative forms
- Alta.
Proper noun
Alta
- Abbreviation of Alberta, a province of Canada.
Proper noun
Alta
- A female given name possibly from Latin alta (“high”), fairly common in nineteenth century U.S.A.
- 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.
- A town (with bystatus) and municipality in Finnmark, Norway
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
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Alta
- A town (with bystatus) and municipality in Finnmark, Norway
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Alta
- A town (with bystatus) and municipality in Finnmark, Norway