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

  • 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/, 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

• Nevada bluegrass
• Nevada City
• Nevada County
• Nevada Day
• Nevada gas
• Nevadan
• NV
• Sierra Nevada

 

Translations

US state

• Arabic: نِيفَادَا f (nifādā)
• Armenian: Նևադա (Newada)
• Belarusian: Нева́да f (Njeváda)
• Bulgarian: Нева́да f (Neváda)
• Catalan: Nevada f
• Cherokee: ᏁᏩᏓ (newada)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內華達／内华达 (zh) (Nèihuádá)

• Danish: Nevada n
• Esperanto: Nevado
• Finnish: Nevada (fi)
• French: Nevada (fr) m
• Galician: Nevada (gl) f
• Georgian: ნევადა (nevada)
• German: Nevada (de) n
• Greek: Νεβάδα (el) f (Neváda)
• Hawaiian: Newaka
• Hebrew: נבדהf (Nevada)
• Hindi: नेवाडा (hi) m (nevāḍā), नेवादा m (nevādā)
• Icelandic: Nevada
• Italian: Nevada (it) m
• Japanese: ネバダ (Nebada)
• Khmer: ណេវ៉ាដា (neevaadaa)
• Korean: 네바다 (Nebada)
• Lao: ເນວາດາ (nē wā dā)
• Latin: Nivāta f (New Latin)
• Macedonian: Нева́да f (Neváda)
• Marathi: नेव्हाडा m (nevhāḍā)
• Navajo: Naʼazhǫǫsh hahoodzo
• Persian: نوادا (nevâdâ)
• Polish: Nevada (pl) f
• Portuguese: Nevada (pt) m
• Russian: Нева́да (ru) f (Neváda)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Невада f

  Roman: Nevada (sh) f

• Spanish: Nevada (es) f
• Thai: เนวาดา (nee-waa-dâa)
• Tibetan: ནེ་བ་ད (ne ba da)
• Turkish: Nevada
• Ukrainian: Нева́да f (Neváda)
• Urdu: نیواڈا m (nevāḍā)
• Uyghur: نېۋادا (nëwada)
• Yiddish: נעוואַדאַ (nevada)

Further reading

• Nevada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Nevada on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• venada

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [nəˈβa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [nəˈva.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [neˈva.ða]
• 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/, [ˈne̞ʋɑ̝dɑ̝]
• 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	—
abessive		Nevadatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Nevada (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Nevadani — accusative nom. Nevadani — gen. Nevadani genitive Nevadani — partitive Nevadaani — inessive Nevadassani — elative Nevadastani — illative Nevadaani — adessive Nevadallani — ablative Nevadaltani — allative Nevadalleni — essive Nevadanani — translative Nevadakseni — abessive Nevadattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Nevadasi — accusative nom. Nevadasi — gen. Nevadasi genitive Nevadasi — partitive Nevadaasi — inessive Nevadassasi — elative Nevadastasi — illative Nevadaasi — adessive Nevadallasi — ablative Nevadaltasi — allative Nevadallesi — essive Nevadanasi — translative Nevadaksesi — abessive Nevadattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Nevadamme — accusative nom. Nevadamme — gen. Nevadamme genitive Nevadamme — partitive Nevadaamme — inessive Nevadassamme — elative Nevadastamme — illative Nevadaamme — adessive Nevadallamme — ablative Nevadaltamme — allative Nevadallemme — essive Nevadanamme — translative Nevadaksemme — abessive Nevadattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Nevadanne — accusative nom. Nevadanne — gen. Nevadanne genitive Nevadanne — partitive Nevadaanne — inessive Nevadassanne — elative Nevadastanne — illative Nevadaanne — adessive Nevadallanne — ablative Nevadaltanne — allative Nevadallenne — essive Nevadananne — translative Nevadaksenne — abessive Nevadattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Nevadansa — accusative nom. Nevadansa — gen. Nevadansa genitive Nevadansa — partitive Nevadaansa — inessive Nevadassaan Nevadassansa — elative Nevadastaan Nevadastansa — illative Nevadaansa — adessive Nevadallaan Nevadallansa — ablative Nevadaltaan Nevadaltansa — allative Nevadalleen Nevadallensa — essive Nevadanaan Nevadanansa — translative Nevadakseen Nevadaksensa — abessive Nevadattaan Nevadattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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)

1. Nevada (a state of the United States)

Further reading

• “Nevada” in Duden online

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

declension of Nevada

n-w	singular
	indefinite
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/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: Ne‧và‧da

Proper noun

il Nevada m

1. Nevada (a state of the United States)

Anagrams

• Vadena, Vandea

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

1. Nevada (a state of the United States)

Declension

Declension of Nevada

	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/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈva.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈva.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈva.dɐ/ [nɨˈva.ðɐ]

• (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

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 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, 2024

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

• nevadense