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Vegas en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈveɪɡəs/

Etymology

Clipping of Las Vegas.

Meanings

1. (informal) Las Vegas, a city in Nevada, USA.
   • I'm of two minds about Vegas. I think Vegas is strange, and I don't know where their water comes from. But as a town and a place for an entertainer, there's . . . no other place you can go to where you can just sit and do six weeks at a time and have your band and your staff be so happy. 2006 May 19, Richard Zoglin, “10 Questions for Bette Midler”, in Time:
2. (metonymically) Gambling, especially sports betting.

Deriveds

Vegas Strip · Ashvegas · vegasite · Rotovegas · what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas · Manchvegas

wikidata: Q23768

Vegas en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈveɪɡəz/

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of Vega
   form of Vega