Nevada
UK/nəˈvɑːdə//nɪˈvædə/
Nevada proper noun: a state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas.
Proper noun
Nevada
- 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.2012 February 16, Ashley Hayes, “Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2019
- 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.
Nevada meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Arabic
Nevada in Hindi
- US state
- नेवाडा nevāḍā, नेवादा nevādā
Nevada in Marathi
- US state
- नेव्हाडा nevhāḍā
Nevada in Urdu
- US state
- نیواڈا nevāḍā
Nevada in Arabic
- US state
- نِيفَادَا nifādā
More languagesFewer languages
- Nevada in Persian
- نوادا nevâdâ
- Nevada in Thai
- เนวาดา nee-waa-dâa
Forms of Nevada
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Origin of Nevada
Borrowed from Spanish Nevada, from nevada (“snow-covered”).
Words formed from Nevada
Phrases with Nevada
Words that rhyme with Nevada
Questions about Nevada
- What does Nevada mean?
- Nevada means a state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas.
- What is Nevada in Hindi?
- Nevada in Hindi is नेवाडा (nevāḍā), नेवादा (nevādā). See Nevada meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Nevada?
- Nevada is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Nevada?
- Nevada is pronounced /nɪˈvædə/ (US).
Words near Nevada in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Nevada (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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