Nevada
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (US, Western US, especially Nevada) IPA(key): /nɪˈvædə/, /nəˈvædə/, [nəˈvæɾə], enPR: nĭ-vădʹə, nə-vădʹə
Audio (US): (file)
- (US, Eastern US) IPA(key): /nɪˈvɑdə/, /nəˈvɑdə/, [nəˈvɑɾə], enPR: nĭ-väʹdə, nə-väʹdə
Audio (US): (file)
- (US, uncommon, in reference to the towns) IPA(key): /nəˈveɪdə/,[1] enPR: nə-vāʹdə
- (UK) IPA(key): /nəˈvɑːdə/, /nɪˈvɑːdə/, enPR: nə-väʹdə, nĭ-väʹdə
- Rhymes: -ædə, -ɑːdə, -eɪdə
Proper noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal district: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
- ^ Mair, Victor (13 May 2023) “Iowa Town Names”, in Language Log[1], University of Pennsylvania, retrieved 13 May 2023
Further reading
- Nevada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Nevada on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [nəˈβa.ðə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [nəˈva.ðə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [neˈva.ða]
- Rhymes: -ada, -adə
- Hyphenation: Ne‧va‧da
Proper noun
Nevada f
- Nevada (a state in the western United States)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Nevada
- Nevada (a state in the western United States)
Danish
Etymology
From English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛˈvaːda/, [neˈvɛːtæ], [neˈvɛːdæ]
Proper noun
Nevada n (genitive Nevadas)
- Nevada (a state in the western United States)
Finnish
Etymology
From English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneʋɑdɑ/, [ˈne̞ʋɑ̝dɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -eʋɑdɑ
- Syllabification(key): Ne‧va‧da
- Hyphenation(key): Ne‧va‧da
Proper noun
Nevada
- Nevada (a state in the western United States)
- (colloquial) Timbuktu (a remote place)
- Synonym: Huitsin Nevada
Declension
| Inflection of Nevada (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Nevada | — | |
| genitive | Nevadan | — | |
| partitive | Nevadaa | — | |
| illative | Nevadaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Nevada | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Nevada | — |
| gen. | Nevadan | ||
| genitive | Nevadan | — | |
| partitive | Nevadaa | — | |
| inessive | Nevadassa | — | |
| elative | Nevadasta | — | |
| illative | Nevadaan | — | |
| adessive | Nevadalla | — | |
| ablative | Nevadalta | — | |
| allative | Nevadalle | — | |
| essive | Nevadana | — | |
| translative | Nevadaksi | — | |
| abessive | Nevadatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne.va.da/
Proper noun
Nevada m
- Nevada (a state in the western United States)
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neˈvaːda/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Ne‧va‧da
Proper noun
Nevada n (proper noun, genitive Nevadas or (optionally with an article) Nevada)
- Nevada (a state in the western United States)
Further reading
- “Nevada” in Duden online
Icelandic
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛːvata/
Proper noun
Nevada n (proper noun, genitive singular Nevada)
- Nevada (a state in the western United States)
Declension
| indefinite singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Nevada |
| accusative | Nevada |
| dative | Nevada |
| genitive | Nevada |
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”, feminine).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neˈva.da/[1]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Hyphenation: Ne‧và‧da
Proper noun
Nevada m
- Nevada (a state in the western United States)
References
- ^ Nevada in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛˈva.da/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: Ne‧va‧da
Proper noun
Nevada f
- Nevada (a state in the western United States)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Nevada |
| genitive | Nevady |
| dative | Nevadzie |
| accusative | Nevadę |
| instrumental | Nevadą |
| locative | Nevadzie |
| vocative | Nevado |
Further reading
- Nevada in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /neˈva.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /neˈva.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɨˈva.dɐ/ [nɨˈva.ðɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /nɨˈba.dɐ/ [nɨˈβa.ðɐ]
- Homophone: nevada
- Rhymes: -adɐ
- Hyphenation: Ne‧va‧da
Proper noun
Nevada m
- Nevada (a state in the western United States)
See also
- Alabama
- Alasca
- Arizona
- Arkansas ~ Arcansas
- Califórnia
- Carolina do Norte
- Carolina do Sul
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Dacota do Norte
- Dacota do Sul
- Delaware
- Flórida
- Geórgia
- Havaí (Brazil) ~ Havai (Portugal)
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas ~ Cansas
- Kentucky
- Luisiana
- Maine
- Maryland ~ Marilândia
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi ~ Mississípi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebrasca
- Nevada
- Nova Hampshire
- Nova Iorque
- Nova Jérsei (Brazil) ~ Nova Jérsia (Portugal)
- Novo México
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pensilvânia
- Rhode Island
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virgínia
- Virgínia Ocidental
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
Nevada f (Cyrillic spelling Невада)
- a village in Kuršumlija, Serbia
- a village in Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnevada]
Proper noun
Nevada f (genitive singular Nevady, declension pattern of žena)
- Nevada (a state in the western United States)
References
- “Nevada”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From adjective nevada (“snow-covered”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neˈbada/ [neˈβ̞a.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: Ne‧va‧da
Proper noun
Nevada f
- Nevada (a state in the western United States)