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Tonopah

Tonopah proper noun: an unincorporated town, the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States.

Proper noun

Tonopah

  1. An unincorporated town, the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States.
    • Kidwell says she’s tried to sell Cal-Nev-Ari for nearly 20 years. Last month, she finally found the right buyer, Heart of Nature. The company mines sulfur near Tonopah and sells it for organic farming. The precious water underneath Cal-Nev-Ari and money saved by doing business there drew investors...2021 August 20, John Langeler, Justin Hopkins, “Founder of Cal-Nev-Ari reflects on sale of tiny town”, in 8 News Now, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2022
  2. A census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

Origin of Tonopah

From Shoshone [Term?].

Questions about Tonopah

What does Tonopah mean?
Tonopah means an unincorporated town, the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States.
What part of speech is Tonopah?
Tonopah is a proper noun.

Words near Tonopah in the dictionary

  1. tonometry
  2. tonomorpheme
  3. tonomorphemes
  4. tonomorphological
  5. tonomorphology
  6. Tonopah
  7. tonophant
  8. tonophants
  9. tonoplast
  10. tonoplastic
  11. tonoplasts

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