Israeli Cities by Etymology

Name the Israeli city based of its etymology.

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Language	Meaning	City
Hebrew	"Spring Hills". Was also the Hebrew title of Herzl's "Altneuland"	Tel Aviv
Canaanite Languages/ Hebrew	Foundation of peace/Foundation of the Canaanite God "Shalem"	Jerusalem
	Possibly named after Caiaphas	Haifa
	Named after Nathan Straus, the former co-owner of Macy's	Netanya
Hebrew	"First to Zion"	Rishon LeZion
Western Semitic	From the word root š-q-l, meaning "to weigh"	Ashkelon
Hebrew	"Opening of Hope"	Petah Tikva
	Named after Theodor Herzl	Herzliya
Hebrew	"Well of the seven"	Beersheba
Hebrew	"Sons of Barack"	Bnei Brak
Hebrew	"Little sand"	Holon
Latin	Named after Roman Emperor Tiberius	Tiberias
Hebrew/Aramaic	"Grandfather village"	Kfar Saba
Hebrew	"Fresh"	Ra'anana
Hebrew	"Pistacia Tree", was also the ancient name of Aqaba	Eilat

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