nevada

IPA: nʌvˈædʌ

Root Word: Nevada

A state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas.
Several other locations in the United States:
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

Examples of "nevada" in Sentences

The black fire opal is the official gemstone of Nevada.
In Nevada, cheating in a casino is a felony under Nevada law.
The observatory was in the department of the University of Nevada.
The Anchorite Hills are a mountain range in Mineral County, Nevada.
Bullfrog is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.
It is the largest and tallest condominium complex in the state of Nevada.
The remainder of the Nevada Northern has largely been moribund since 1983.
The society goals are to promote the petroleum industry in the State of Nevada.
In winter, the view to the majestic snow capped Sierra Nevada is uninterrupted.
The Matterhorn is an arrow shaped hank of rock 12,279 feet high in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains.