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Nevada Triangle

Nevada Triangle proper noun: a region bounded by the vertices at Reno, Nevada, US; Las Vegas, Nevada, US; Fresno, California, US; containing part of the Sierra Nevada (a mountain range in the Rocky Mountain Cordillera); the triangle falling mostly in the U.S. state of Nevada; where many plane crashes occur and planes disappear.

Proper noun

the Nevada Triangle

  1. A region bounded by the vertices at Reno, Nevada, US; Las Vegas, Nevada, US; Fresno, California, US; containing part of the Sierra Nevada (a mountain range in the Rocky Mountain Cordillera); the triangle falling mostly in the U.S. state of Nevada; where many plane crashes occur and planes disappear.

Origin of Nevada Triangle

From Nevada + triangle. From being a triangular area mostly in Nevada. Coined in analogy to the Bermuda Triangle.

Questions about Nevada Triangle

What does Nevada Triangle mean?
Nevada Triangle means a region bounded by the vertices at Reno, Nevada, US; Las Vegas, Nevada, US; Fresno, California, US; containing part of the Sierra Nevada (a mountain range in the Rocky Mountain Cordillera); the triangle falling mostly in the U.S. state of Nevada; where many plane crashes occur and planes disappear.
What part of speech is Nevada Triangle?
Nevada Triangle is a proper noun.

Words near Nevada Triangle in the dictionary

  1. Nevada County
  2. Nevada Day
  3. Nevada ephedra
  4. Nevada gas
  5. Nevada jointfir
  6. Nevada Triangle
  7. nevadaite
  8. Nevadan
  9. Nevadans
  10. Nevadaplano
  11. Nevadian

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