Associations to the word «Alta»

Wiktionary

ALTA, proper noun. Abbreviation of Alberta, a province of Canada.
ALTA, proper noun. A female given name possibly from alta, fairly common in nineteenth century U.S.A.
ALTA, proper noun. (rare) A male given name.
ALTA CALIFORNIA, proper noun. A historic geographic region of New Spain, later Mexico, which today roughly comprises the U.S. states of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats