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vegas

/ˈveɪɡəs/

vegas is the plural of vega.

Meaning of vega

Noun (1)

vega (plural vegas)

  1. (Latin-America, Philippines) An open tract of ground; a plain, especially one which is moist and fertile, such as those used for growing tobacco.

Noun (2)

vega (countable and uncountable, plural vegas)

  1. A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.
    Synonyms:
    kappa, tau

See all 6 meanings of vega

Proper noun capitalized: Vegas

Vegas

  1. (informal) Las Vegas, a city in Nevada, USA.
    • I'm of two minds about Vegas. I think Vegas is strange, and I don't know where their water comes from. But as a town and a place for an entertainer, there's . . . no other place you can go to where you can just sit and do six weeks at a time and have your band and your staff be so happy.2006 May 19, Richard Zoglin, “10 Questions for Bette Midler”, in Time
  2. (metonymically) Gambling, especially sports betting.

Noun capitalized: Vegas

IPA/ˈveɪɡəz/

Vegas

  1. (plural) plural of Vega

Origin of vegas

Clipping of Las Vegas.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words formed from vegas

Phrases with vegas

2 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with vegas

Questions about vegas

What does vegas mean?
Vegas means las Vegas, a city in Nevada, USA.
What is vegas the plural of?
Vegas is the plural of vega.
What part of speech is vegas?
Vegas can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce vegas?
Vegas is pronounced /ˈveɪɡəs/.

Words near vegas in the dictionary

  1. vegaphobia
  2. vegaphobic
  3. vegaquarian
  4. vegaquarians
  5. vegaroni
  6. vegas
  7. Vegas mode
  8. Vegas rule
  9. Vegas rules
  10. Vegas Strip
  11. vegasite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vegas (page history and authors); Vegas (page history and authors); vega (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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