Alta

Appendix:Variations of "alta" English Etymology 1 Alternative forms en Alta. Proper noun en @abbr of:Alberta province c/Canada. Etymology 2 Proper noun en female Latin possibly from en la 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- - - en rare en male Latin. en town with bystatus/and/municipality co/Finnmark c/Norway. en CDP co/Placer County s/California c/US. Derived terms en Alta Lake See also en 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 en aalt lata LATA tala Taal Lata en unisex given names Norwegian Bokmål no: no:+ (by) Etymology nb. There are several theories:nb 1990 Altas historie 1 De glemte århundrene 1520-1826 Jens Petter Nielsen Alta Kommune 82-992148-1-5 Forhistorie og middelalder 37, 43-44 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2007091904022?page=40 Inherited from nb non álpt swan; Borrowed from nb fi ala- low; Borrowed from nb se álda sacrificial site. First attested in Danish in 1520 as da Althen. Pronunciation nb [ˈalːta] [ˈalta] Proper noun nb proper noun nb town with bystatus/and/municipality co/Finnmark c/Norway da nb 1520 Sommers indtects bogh anno domini mdxx quoted in 1887 Norske Regnskaber og Jordebøger fra det 16de Aarhundrede (1514-1521) 1 Christiania Indtægts-Regnskab for Bergens Kongsgaard Sommeren 1520. J. Chr. Gundersens Bogtrykkeri H[enrik] J[ørgen] Huitfeldt-Kaas 586 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012121024002?page=597 National Library of Norway Thenne eftherscreffne fiisk. antwardet hid Torleff Askelsen effther Henric Foss af Althen oc are Finne skat[.] Denne etterskrevne fisk overleverte Torleff Askelsen hit etter Henric Foss av Alta og er finneskatt. This requested fish was delivered here by Torleff Askelsen from Henric Foss of Alta and is a Finn tax. References Norwegian Nynorsk nn: nn:+ kommune Etymology nn Pronunciation nb [ˈalːta] [ˈalta] Proper noun nn proper noun nn town with bystatus/and/municipality co/Finnmark c/Norway