EilatPronunciation: /eɪˈlat/ (also Elat)Definition of Eilat a port and resort in Israel, at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba; population 46,600 (est. 2008). Founded in 1949 near the ruins of biblical Elath, it is Israel’s only outlet to the Red Sea. Eilat in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Eilat in the US English dictionary