Las Vegas
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish las vegas (“the fertile meadows”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑs ˈveɪɡəs/
- (UK) IPA(key): /læs ˈveɪɡəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (nonstandard) IPA(key): /lɔs ˈveɪɡəs/
Proper noun
Las Vegas
- A desert city, the county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States, known for its large hotels, extravagant entertainment and dining, and gambling.
- 2018, Michael G. Zey, Seizing the Future: Dawn of the Macroindustrial Era:
- It is projected that the ride from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on such a supertrain would take 75 minutes.
- A city, the county seat of San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States.
Derived terms
Translations
city
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Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Las Vegas, from Spanish las vegas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlas ˈvɛ.ɡas/
Audio: (file) - Syllabification: Las Ve‧gas
Proper noun
Las Vegas n (indeclinable)
- Las Vegas (a city in Nevada, United States)
Further reading
- Las Vegas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Las Vegas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈla(j)z ˈvɛ.ɡɐs/ [ˈla(ɪ̯)z ˈvɛ.ɡɐs]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈla(j)ʒ ˈvɛ.ɡɐʃ/ [ˈla(ɪ̯)ʒ ˈvɛ.ɡɐʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈla(j)z ˈvɛ.ɡas/ [ˈla(ɪ̯)z ˈvɛ.ɡas]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlaʒ ˈvɛ.ɡɐʃ/ [ˈlaʒ ˈvɛ.ɣɐʃ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlaʒ ˈbɛ.ɡɐʃ/ [ˈlaʒ ˈβɛ.ɣɐʃ]
Proper noun
- Las Vegas (a city in Nevada, United States)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /las ˈbeɡas/ [laz ˈβ̞e.ɣ̞as]
- Syllabification: Las Ve‧gas
Proper noun
- Las Vegas (a city in Nevada, United States)
- 2025 January 2, Alaa Elassar, “El conductor del Tesla Cybertruck se disparó antes de la explosión, dice la policía”, in CNN en Español[2]:
- Las autoridades no están identificando a Livelsberger como la persona encontrada dentro del Cybertruck porque el cuerpo encontrado dentro del vehículo estaba quemado hasta quedar irreconocible, dijo el sheriff de Las Vegas, Kevin McMahill, en una conferencia de prensa este jueves.
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