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Nevada en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • nĭ-vădʹə (Nevada, US, Western, especially)
  • (US) audio
  • /nəˈvɑdə/ (Eastern, US)
  • nə-vădʹə (Nevada, US, Western, especially)
  • /nəˈvɑːdə/ (UK)
  • nə-väʹdə (Eastern, US)
  • /nɪˈvɑːdə/ (UK)
  • nə-väʹdə (UK)
  • nĭ-väʹdə (UK)
  • nĭ-väʹdə (Eastern, US)
  • [nəˈvæɾə] (Nevada, US, Western, especially)
  • /nəˈvædə/ (Nevada, US, Western, especially)
  • /nɪˈvædə/ (Nevada, US, Western, especially)
  • nə-vāʹdə (US, uncommon) in reference to the towns
  • [nəˈvɑɾə] (Eastern, US)
  • /nəˈveɪdə/ (US, uncommon) in reference to the towns
  • /nɪˈvɑdə/ (Eastern, US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Nevada, from nevada (“snow-covered”).

Meanings

  1. A state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas.
    • The next highest percentages were in Oklahoma, Nevada and New Mexico, with 26.3%, 25.6% and 25.4%, respectively. 2012 February 16, Ashley Hayes, “Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2019:
  2. Several other locations in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Story County, Iowa, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains.
  3. Several other locations in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Vernon County, Missouri, named for Nevada City, California.
  4. Several other locations in the United States: ▸ A city in Collin County, Texas, named for the Territory.
  5. Several other locations in the United States: ▸ A village in Wyandot County, Ohio, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains.
  6. Several other locations in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Livingston County, Illinois, named for the state.
  7. Several other locations in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Tipton County, Indiana, supposedly named for some unknown "town in Mexico".
  8. University of Nevada, Reno.
  9. A municipality of Granada, Spain, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains in Spain.
  10. A village in Kuršumlija, Serbia.
  11. A surname.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Nevadder alternative, pronunciation-spelling lexicographic

Deriveds

Nevada Triangle · Cal-Nev-Ari · Nevada bluegrass · nevadite · Sierra Nevada · Nevada gas · Nevada City · Nevada County · NV · Nevadaplano · Nevadian · Nevada Day · nevadaite · Nevadan

Translations (43)

it Nevada (US state) · nv Naʼazhǫǫsh hahoodzo (US state) · gl Nevada (US state) · sh Невада (US state) · hy Նևադա (US state) · hi नेवाडा (US state) · th เนวาดา (US state) · hi नेवादा (US state) · haw Newaka (US state) · is Nevada (US state) · tr Nevada (US state) · la Nivāta (US state) · ja ネバダ (US state) · yi נעוואַדאַ (US state) · cmn 內華達 /内华达 (US state) · ca Nevada (US state) · eo Nevado (US state) · be Нева́да (US state) · ug نېۋادا (US state) · ur نیواڈا (US state) · es Nevada (US state) · lo ເນວາດາ (US state) · bo ནེ་བ་ད (US state) · mk Нева́да (US state) · el Νεβάδα (US state) · ar نِيفَادَا (US state) · bg Нева́да (US state) · da Nevada (US state) · de Nevada (US state) · mr नेव्हाडा (US state) · fa نوادا (US state) · pt Nevada (US state) · ka ნევადა (US state) · chr ᏁᏩᏓ (US state) · uk Нева́да (US state) · ru Нева́да (US state) · fr Nevada (US state) · sh Nevada (US state) · he נבדה (US state) · ko 네바다 (US state) · pl Nevada (US state) · km ណេវ៉ាដា (US state) · fi Nevada (US state)