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Vegas

//ˈveɪɡəs// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Las Vegas, a city in Nevada, USA. informal

    "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."

  2. 2
    Gambling, especially sports betting. metonymically
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of vega form-of, plural
  2. 2
    plural of Vega form-of, plural

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of Las Vegas.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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