Nevada

See also: nevada and ñevada

English

Map of US highlighting Nevada

Etymology

From Spanish nevada (snow-covered).

Pronunciation

  • (US, Western US, especially Nevada) IPA(key): /nɪˈvædə/, /nəˈvædə/, [nəˈvæɾə], enPR: nĭ-vădʹə, nə-vădʹə
    • (file)
  • (US, Eastern US) IPA(key): /nɪˈvɑdə/, /nəˈvɑdə/, [nəˈvɑɾə], enPR: nĭ-väʹdə, nə-väʹdə
    • (file)
  • (some US municipalities, uncommon) IPA(key): /nəˈveɪdə/, enPR: nə-vāʹdə
  • (UK) IPA(key): /nəˈvɑːdə/, /nɪˈvɑːdə/, enPR: nə-väʹdə, nĭ-väʹdə
  • Rhymes: -ædə, -ɑːdə, -eɪdə

Proper noun

Nevada

  1. A state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas.
  2. Several other locations in the United States:
    1. A city, the county seat of Story County, Iowa, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains.
    2. A city, the county seat of Vernon County, Missouri, named for Nevada City, California.
    3. A city in Collin County, Texas, named for the Territory.
    4. A village in Wyandot County, Ohio, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains.
    5. An unincorporated community in Livingston County, Illinois, named for the state.
    6. An unincorporated community in Tipton County, Indiana, supposedly named for some unknown "town in Mexico".
  3. University of Nevada, Reno.
  4. A municipality of Granada, Spain, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains in Spain.
  5. A village in Kuršumlija, Serbia

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
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

Further reading

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

From English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (snow-covered).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /nəˈva.də/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /nəˈba.də/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /neˈva.da/
  • Rhymes: -ada, -adə
  • Hyphenation: Ne‧va‧da

Proper noun

Nevada f

  1. Nevada (a state of the United States)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Nevada

  1. Nevada (a state of the United States)

Danish

Etymology

From English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (snow-covered).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛˈvaːda/, [neˈvɛːtæ], [neˈvɛːdæ]

Proper noun

Nevada n (genitive Nevadas)

  1. Nevada (a state of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (snow-covered).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneʋɑdɑ/, [ˈne̞ʋɑdɑ]
  • Rhymes: -eʋɑdɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ne‧va‧da

Proper noun

Nevada

  1. Nevada (a state of the United States)
  2. (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
instructive
abessive Nevadatta
comitative
Possessive forms of Nevada (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person Nevadani Nevadamme
2nd person Nevadasi Nevadanne
3rd person Nevadansa

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (snow-covered).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neˈvaːda/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Ne‧va‧da

Proper noun

Nevada n (proper noun, genitive Nevadas or (optionally with an article) Nevada)

  1. Nevada (a state of the United States)

Further reading


Icelandic

Etymology

From English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (snow-covered).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛːvata/

Proper noun

Nevada n

  1. Nevada (a state of the United States)

Declension


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

il Nevada m

  1. Nevada (a state of the United States)

References

  1. Nevada in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

Anagrams


Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (snow-covered).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛˈva.da/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: Ne‧va‧da

Proper noun

Nevada f

  1. Nevada (a state of the United States)

Declension

Further reading

  • Nevada in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Nevada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

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]

  • Homophone: nevada
  • Rhymes: -adɐ
  • Hyphenation: Ne‧va‧da

Proper noun

Nevada m

  1. Nevada (a state of the United States)

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Nevada f (Cyrillic spelling Невада)

  1. A village in Kuršumlija, Serbia
  2. A village in Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnevada]

Proper noun

Nevada f (genitive singular Nevady, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Nevada (a state of the United States)

References

  • Nevada in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Etymology

From adjective nevada (snow-covered).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neˈbada/ [neˈβ̞a.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: Ne‧va‧da

Proper noun

Nevada f

  1. Nevada (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

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