Nevada

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Nevada

/nɪˈvædə/ Nevada, US, Western
/nəˈvædə/ Nevada, US, Western
[nəˈvæɾə] Nevada, US, Western
/nɪˈvɑdə/ Eastern, US
/nəˈvɑdə/ Eastern, US
[nəˈvɑɾə] Eastern, US
/nəˈveɪdə/ US, uncommon
/nəˈvɑːdə/ UK
/nɪˈvɑːdə/ UK

Rhymes with -ædə, -ɑːdə, -eɪdə

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Nevadder

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.
A city, the county seat of Story County, Iowa, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains.
A city, the county seat of Vernon County, Missouri, named for Nevada City, California.
A city in Collin County, Texas, named for the Territory.
A village in Wyandot County, Ohio, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains.
An unincorporated community in Livingston County, Illinois, named for the state.
An unincorporated community in Tipton County, Indiana, supposedly named for some unknown "town in Mexico".
University of Nevada, Reno.
A municipality of Granada, Spain, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains in Spain.
A village in Kuršumlija, Serbia.
A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: silver state, sagebrush state, california, rivera, nevada city, carson city, reno, las vegas, nevada county, carson, los vegas, virginia city, utah, cal-nev-ari, new mexico, nevada day

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name US state

Español	Nevada
한국어	네바다 Nebada
日本語	ネバダ Nebada
中文	內華達 /内华达 Nèihuádá
हिन्दी	नेवाडा nevāḍā, नेवादा nevādā
Português	Nevada
Français	Nevada
Deutsch	Nevada
Italiano	Nevada
Ελληνικά	Νεβάδα Neváda
Русский	Нева́да Neváda
العربية	نِيفَادَا nifādā

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@misc{nevada_2026,
  title = {Nevada},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nevada},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}