Nevada

American  

[nuh-vad-uh, -vah-duh] / nəˈvæd ə, -ˈvɑ də /

noun

1. a state in the western United States. 110,540 sq. mi. (286,300 sq. km). Carson City. NV (for use with zip code), Nev.

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Nevada British  

/ nɪˈvɑːdə /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Nev., NV. a state of the western US: lies almost wholly within the Great Basin, a vast desert plateau; noted for production of gold and copper. Capital: Carson City. Pop: 2 241 154 (2003 est). Area: 284 612 sq km (109 889 sq miles)

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Nevada Cultural  

1. State in the western United States bordered by Oregon and Idaho to the north, Utah and Arizona to the east, and California to the south and west. Its capital is Carson City, and its largest city is Las Vegas.

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Long known as a center of gambling.

Other Word Forms

• Nevadan
  adjective
• Nevadian
  adjective

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Nevada

“I walked him through it. I said, ‘You’ve been to Nevada; you have a hotel in Nevada,’” Lombardo said on the “GangboX” podcast, which focuses on union construction workers in the area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Generations ago, the Central Valley was a vast expanse of lush meadows, wetlands and lakes fed by melting Sierra Nevada snow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

But at an event on Thursday, Tesla executives confirmed that the company’s Nevada factory will be capable of producing up to 50,000 Semi trucks each year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

On Thursday, one day before SCOTUS’s decision, Nevada Deputy Attorney General Greg D. Ott wrote to DHS that every single person of the 185 identified by DHS was, in fact, a lawful U.S. citizen.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

He’d seen something similar on holiday, in the sand dunes of Death Valley, Nevada.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz