Nevada
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Map of US highlighting Nevada
English
Etymology
From Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
- (US, Western US, especially Nevada) IPA(key): /nɪˈvædə/, /nəˈvædə/, , enPR: nĭ-vădʹə, nə-vădʹə
Audio (US) (file)
- (US, Eastern US) IPA(key): /nɪˈvɑdə/, /nəˈvɑdə/, , enPR: nĭ-väʹdə, nə-väʹdə
Audio (US) (file)
- (US, uncommon, in reference to the towns) IPA(key): /nəˈveɪdə/, enPR: nə-vāʹdə
- (UK) IPA(key): /nəˈvɑːdə/, /nɪˈvɑːdə/, enPR: nə-väʹdə, nĭ-väʹdə
- Rhymes: -ædə, -ɑːdə, -eɪdə
Proper noun
Nevada
- A state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas.
- Several other locations in the United States:
- 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
Derived terms
Translations
US state
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
- ^ Mair, Victor (2023 May 13) “Iowa Town Names”, in Language Log, University of Pennsylvania, retrieved 2023-05-13
Further reading
Nevada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Category:Nevada on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central)
- IPA(key): (Balearic)
- IPA(key): (Valencian)
- Rhymes: -ada, -adə
- Hyphenation: Ne‧va‧da
Proper noun
Nevada f
- Nevada (a state of the United States)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Nevada
- Nevada (a state of the United States)
Danish
Etymology
From English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nevada n (genitive Nevadas)
- Nevada (a state of the United States)
Finnish
Etymology
From English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nevada
- Nevada (a state of the United States)
- (colloquial) Timbuktu (a remote place)
- Synonym: Huitsin Nevada
Declension
| Inflection of Nevada (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Nevada | — | ||
| genitive | Nevadan | — | ||
| partitive | Nevadaa | — | ||
| illative | Nevadaan | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Nevada | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Nevada | — | |
| gen. | Nevadan | |||
| genitive | Nevadan | — | ||
| partitive | Nevadaa | — | ||
| inessive | Nevadassa | — | ||
| elative | Nevadasta | — | ||
| illative | Nevadaan | — | ||
| adessive | Nevadalla | — | ||
| ablative | Nevadalta | — | ||
| allative | Nevadalle | — | ||
| essive | Nevadana | — | ||
| translative | Nevadaksi | — | ||
| abessive | Nevadatta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nevada n (proper noun, genitive Nevadas or (optionally with an article) Nevada)
- Nevada (a state of the United States)
Further reading
- “Nevada” in Duden online
Icelandic
Etymology
From English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nevada n
- Nevada (a state of the United States)
Declension
declension of Nevada
| n-w | singular | |
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| indefinite | ||
| nominative | Nevada | |
| accusative | Nevada | |
| dative | Nevada | |
| genitive | Nevada | |
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”, feminine).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
il Nevada m
- Nevada (a state of the United States)
References
- ^ Nevada in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nevada f
- Nevada (a state of the United States)
Declension
Declension of Nevada
Further reading
- Nevada in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nevada m
- Nevada (a state of the United States)
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
Nevada f (Cyrillic spelling Невада)
- A village in Kuršumlija, Serbia
- A village in Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nevada f (genitive singular Nevady, declension pattern of žena)
- Nevada (a state of the United States)
References
- “Nevada”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Etymology
From adjective nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nevada f
- Nevada (a state of the United States)