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Nevada

[ nuh-vad-uh, -vah-duh ]

noun

  1. a state in the western United States. 110,540 sq. mi. (286,300 sq. km). : Carson City. : NV (for use with zip code), Nev.


Nevada

/ nɪˈvɑːdə /

noun

  1. a state of the western US: lies almost wholly within the Great Basin, a vast desert plateau; noted for production of gold and copper. Capital: Carson City. Pop: 2 241 154 (2003 est). Area: 284 612 sq km (109 889 sq miles) AbbreviationNev.with zip codeNV


Nevada

  1. State in the western United States bordered by Oregon and Idaho to the north, Utah and Arizona to the east, and California to the south and west. Its capital is Carson City, and its largest city is Las Vegas .


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Notes

Long known as a center of gambling.

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Other Words From

  • Ne·vadan Ne·vadi·an adjective noun

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Example Sentences

A petition has been delivered in Nevada that will put a similar measure to the one in Washington on the ballot in 2016.

It had more petition signatures than any previous Nevada ballot initiative.

Then we were dropping in on some cabaret in Denver, or perhaps it was a restaurant in Nevada.

But some of his pickup methods might actually be criminal, according to the state of Nevada.

Hispanic Republican moderate Brian Sandoval just won a landslide reelection in Nevada.

"That explosion sure didn't look like the pictures I've seen of shots in Nevada," Rick told him.

It took him several minutes to get himself back from the Nevada fight to the hospital in New York.

I don't feel quite easy about those youths—away out there in Nevada without their Testaments!

He proceeds to recommend California as a residence for any or all of them, but he is clearly doubtful concerning Nevada.

Carson City, the capital of Nevada, was a "wooden town," with a population of two thousand souls.

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