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Sin City

Sin City proper noun: nickname for Las Vegas: a desert city, the county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States.

Proper noun

Sin City or the Sin City

  1. (slang) Nickname for Las Vegas: a desert city, the county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States.
    • Making sure Sin City still shines brighter than creation's dark2008, Mike Cooley, Checkout Time in Vegas
    • A huge opportunity awaits the Vegas Golden Knights. Win tonight and you take both games of the Stanley Cup Final on the road. Oh, and you go up 2-0 with the series shifting to the Sin City. What could be better?2026 June 4, Lukas Weese, “How Seth Jarvis scored the OT winner that gave the Hurricanes a Game 2 win over the Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Final”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York...
  2. (slang) Nickname for Pattaya: a resort city in Chonburi Province, Thailand.
  3. (dated, slang) Nickname for Montreal: an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada; during the Prohibition era.

Questions about Sin City

What does Sin City mean?
Sin City means nickname for Las Vegas: a desert city, the county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States.
What part of speech is Sin City?
Sin City is a proper noun.

Words near Sin City in the dictionary

  1. sin
  2. sin bin
  3. sin binned
  4. sin binning
  5. sin bins
  6. Sin City
  7. sin eater
  8. sin eaters
  9. sin eating
  10. sin money
  11. sin moneys

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