Alta

Acronyms

• American Land Title Association
  American Land Title Association
  The American Land Title Association or ALTA, is a national trade association representing the interests of the abstract of title and title insurance industries...
  
  , a national trade association representing the land title industry
• American Literary Translators Association
  American Literary Translators Association
  The American Literary Translators Association is an association of literary translators in the United States.ALTA is affiliated with the International Federation of Translators .-History:ALTA was founded in 1978....
  
  , an association of literary translators in the United States
• Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association
  Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association
  The Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association is a non-profit organization devoted to the development of tennis for recreation and physical fitness and is pledged to maintain the rules of play and high standard of sportsmanship based in Atlanta, Georgia. The primary function of ALTA is scheduling league...
  
  
• Australasian Language Technology Association
  Australasian Language Technology Association
  The Australasian Language Technology Association promotes language technology research and development in Australia and New Zealand....
  
  , an association of computational linguists and people working in natural language processing that promotes language technology research and development in Australia and New Zealand

Place names

• Alta, Norway
  Alta, Norway
  is a town and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alta....
  
  
• Alta River
  Alta River
  Alta River is a small river in Ukraine, a right tributary of Trubizh River. The ancient town of Pereyaslav is situated between the Trubizh and Alta rivers....
  
  , Ukraine

• "Alta.", an abbreviation for Alberta
  Alberta
  Alberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south....
  
  
• Alta Lake, British Columbia
  Alta Lake, British Columbia
  Alta Lake was a recreational community and railway station on the west side of Alta Lake. It is now a neighbourhood of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The post office was renamed Whistler in 1976 when the area was incorporated as part of the Resort Municipality of Whistler.-References:**...
  
  , a community now part of Whistler, British Columbia
• Alta Lake (British Columbia)
  Alta Lake (British Columbia)
  Alta Lake is a lake in the Resort Municipality of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.Originally named Summit Lake, Alta Lake was renamed to avoid confusion with the many other Summit Lakes in British Columbia. The name is derived from the Spanish for "high up" or "upper". The lake's southern end...
  
  , a lake in Whistler, British Columbia
• Alta Creek is the official name of the River of Golden Dreams
  River of Golden Dreams
  The River of Golden Dreams, officially Alta Creek, is a short river in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, connecting Alta Lake to Green Lake , which is drained by the Green River....
  
  , in Whistler, British Columbia

• Alta California
  Alta California
  Alta California was formed when Spain separated the Dominican Missions from the Franciscan Missions in approximately 1769 with the founding of the first Alta California mission in San Diego...
  
   ("Upper California"), the Spanish colony that later became the state of California
• Alta, California
  Alta, California
  Alta is a small unincorproated community in Placer County, California, United States, about northeast of Auburn. The village is located off Interstate 80 and along the historical First Transcontinental Railroad. The ZIP code is 95701 and the area code 530....
  
  , a town in Placer County
• Alta, Indiana
  Alta, Indiana
  Alta is a town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, United States.-Geography:Alta is located at , half a mile west of the Wabash River....
  
  
• Alta, Iowa
  Alta, Iowa
  Alta is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,865 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Alta is located at ....
  
  
• Alta, Utah
  Alta, Utah
  Alta is a town in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 370 at the 2000 census, a slight decrease from the 1990 figure of 397....
  
  
  • Alta Ski Area
    Alta Ski Area
    Alta is a ski area located in the Wasatch Mountains just east of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. with a skiable area of 2200 acres , beginning at a base elevation of 8,530 ft and rising to 10,550 ft for a vertical gain of 2,020 ft . Alta is one of the oldest ski resorts in the country,...
    
    
• Alta, Wyoming
  Alta, Wyoming
  Alta is a census-designated place in Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 400 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson, WY–ID Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Alta is located at ....
  
  
• Alta Lake State Park
  Alta Lake State Park
  Alta Lake State Park is a 181 acre camping park located in the mountainous northwest interior of the state of Washington, United States. The park and adjacent lake lie beneath towering stone cliffs, formed by glaciation, that rise 1000 feet above the valley floor, and carry on up to the top of...
  
  , Washington

Other uses

• Alta Car and Engineering Company, an English automobile and a Formula One racing constructor.
• Alta (vehicles)
  Alta (vehicles)
  Alta was a Greek manufacturer of light and heavier three-wheeler trucks, motorcycles and passenger cars. Production of motorcycles and three-wheeler trucks with Sachs 50cc engines started in its first factory in Athens in 1962...
  
  , a Greek manufacturer of cars, light trucks and motorcycles
• Alta (novel), a fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey
• Alta Records
  Alta Records
  Alta Records was a record label founded in Dallas, Texas in the early 1960s by pioneer, radio personality Jim Lowe. Lowe was a popular DJ who hosted a rhythm and blues program "Kat's Karavan" from the WRR-AM studios located at Fair Park in Dallas. He was one of the first DJs in the Southwest to...
  
  , Dallas, Texas
• A red dye used by brides in India, see Mehndi
  Mehndi
  Mendhi is the application of Henna as a temporary form of skin decoration in South Asia, Southwest Asia, North Africa and the Horn of Africa, as well as by expatriate communities from these areas. Mehendi decorations became fashionable in the West in the late 1990s, where they are sometimes...
  
  
• Alta (poet) (Gerrey), a poet and prose writer, from Oakland, California
  Oakland, California
  Oakland is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and a major West Coast port city, located on San Francisco Bay about eight miles east of the City of San Francisco. Oakland is a major hub city for the Bay Area subregion collectively called the East Bay, and it is the county seat...
  
  

See also

• Alta capella
  Alta capella
  Alta capella were town wind bands found throughout continental Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries, which typically consisted of shawms and slide trumpets or sackbuts. Waits were the British equivalent. These were not found anywhere outside of Europe....
  
  , a 20th century musicological term for Renaissance wind ensembles
• AltaVista
  AltaVista
  AltaVista is a web search engine owned by Yahoo!. AltaVista was once one of the most popular search engines but its popularity has waned with the rise of Google.-Origins:...
  
  , search engine
• Treno Alta Velocità
  Treno Alta Velocità
  Treno Alta Velocità SpA is special purpose entity owned by RFI for the planning and construction of a high-speed network in Italy.-Purpose:...
  
  , High Velocity Train
• Alto (disambiguation)
  Alto (disambiguation)
  Alto may refer to:-Music:*Alto, a singing voice below soprano*A high-register musical instrument, such as:**Alto horn...
  
  
• Altamont
  Altamont
  Altamont usually refers to the Altamont Free Concert of December 1969.It may also refer to:-United States:* Altamont, California* Altamont Pass, in California** Altamont Commuter Express** Altamont Raceway Park* Altamont, Illinois* Altamont, Kansas...