Nebraska
a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Capital: Lincoln. Abbreviations: NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.
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How to use Nebraska in a sentence
Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah will never come anywhere close to being purple.
These agricultural pests migrate in mid-summer to the Rocky Mountains from Kansas and Nebraska to beat the heat.
Salia was the third patient to be treated in Nebraska, but the first to succumb to the disease.
Was Flying Hero Doctor With Ebola to the U.S. the Wrong Call? | Abby Haglage | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTry Nebraska, South Dakota, Alaska, and Arkansas; what you might call a crimson tide.
One of the Midterms’ Little-Noticed Big Losers: The NRA | Cliff Schecter | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBallot initiatives to raise the minimum wage passed in four states: Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
Voters Remind D.C. That the Economy Still Sucks | Stuart Stevens | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Cheap as they are, they are a poorer speculation than even corner lots in a lithographic city of Nebraska or Oregon.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyBut before he could even sow that year's crop, he would have to see a certain banker who lived in Nebraska.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxFor several nights a certain insurgent lieutenant had tried to pass the Nebraska lines.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThe Arikara were, some centuries ago, in northern Nebraska, but migrated gradually up the river.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised) | Melvin Randolph GilmoreIn the northwest part of Nebraska there is a high butte with perpendicular sides like the walls of a great building.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised) | Melvin Randolph Gilmore
British Dictionary definitions for Nebraska
/ (nɪˈbræskə) /
a state of the western US: consists of an undulating plain. Capital: Lincoln. Pop: 1 739 291 (2003 est). Area: 197 974 sq km (76 483 sq miles): Abbreviation: Nebr., (with zip code) NE
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Cultural definitions for Nebraska
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