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Nevada

//nɪˈvædə// name

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  1. 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."

  2. 2
    Several other locations in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Story County, Iowa, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains.
  3. 3
    Several other locations in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Vernon County, Missouri, named for Nevada City, California.
  4. 4
    Several other locations in the United States:; A city in Collin County, Texas, named for the Territory.
  5. 5
    Several other locations in the United States:; A village in Wyandot County, Ohio, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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  1. 6
    Several other locations in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Livingston County, Illinois, named for the state.
  2. 7
    Several other locations in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Tipton County, Indiana, supposedly named for some unknown "town in Mexico".
  3. 8
    University of Nevada, Reno.
  4. 9
    A municipality of Granada, Spain, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains in Spain.
  5. 10
    A village in Kuršumlija, Serbia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Nevada.

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