# Nevada
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”).

### Pronunciation

* (US, Western US, especially Nevada) IPA: /nɪˈvædə/, /nəˈvædə/, [nəˈvæɾə], enPR: nĭ-vădʹə, nə-vădʹə
** Audio (US):(file)
* (US, Eastern US) IPA: /nɪˈvɑdə/, /nəˈvɑdə/, [nəˈvɑɾə], enPR: nĭ-väʹdə, nə-väʹdə
** Audio (US):(file)
* (US, uncommon, in reference to the towns) IPA: /nəˈveɪdə/, enPR: nə-vāʹdə
* (UK) IPA: /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

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

#### 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

### References

* ↑ Mair, Victor (2023 May 13) “Iowa Town Names”, in Language Log‎, University of Pennsylvania, retrieved 2023-05-13

### 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: (Central) [nəˈβa.ðə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [nəˈva.ðə]
* IPA: (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: /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: /ˈneʋɑdɑ/, [ˈne̞ʋɑ̝dɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -eʋɑdɑ
* Hyphenation: Ne‧va‧da

### Proper noun

Nevada
* Nevada (A state in the western United States)
* (colloquial) Timbuktu (a remote place)
    Synonym: Huitsin Nevada

#### Declension

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

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /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: /ˈnɛːvata/

### Proper noun

Nevada n (proper noun, genitive singular Nevada)
* Nevada (A state in the western United States)

#### Declension
## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /neˈva.da/
* 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, 2007

### Anagrams

* Vadena, Vandea

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Nevada f
* Nevada (A state in the western United States)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Nevada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /neˈva.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /neˈva.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /neˈva.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /nɨˈva.dɐ/ [nɨˈva.ðɐ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /nɨˈva.dɐ/ [nɨˈva.ðɐ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /nɨˈba.dɐ/ [nɨˈβa.ðɐ]
* Homophone: nevada
* Rhymes: -adɐ
* Hyphenation: Ne‧va‧da

### Proper noun

Nevada m
* Nevada (A state in the western United States)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Proper noun

Nevada f (Cyrillic spelling Невада)
* A village in Kuršumlija, Serbia
* A village in Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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: /neˈbada/ [neˈβ̞a.ð̞a]
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: Ne‧va‧da

### Proper noun

Nevada f
* Nevada (A state in the western United States)

#### Derived terms

* nevadense