English > Nebraska: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A midwestern state on the Great Plains. |
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| Synonyms | Cornhusker State, NE, Neb. |
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| Instance of | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
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| Part of | Midwest, middle west, midwestern United States | The north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) |
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| United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
| Parts | Bad Lands, Badlands | An eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska |
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| Grand Island | A town in south central Nebraska |
| Lincoln, capital of Nebraska | Capital of the state of Nebraska |
| North Platte | A town in west central Nebraska on the Platte River |
| North Platte, North Platte River | A river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River |
| Omaha | largest city in Nebraska |
| Platte, Platte River | A river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River |
| Republican, Republican River | A tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas |
| South Platte, South Platte River | A tributary of the Platte River |
| Spanish | Nebraska |
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| Catalan | Nebraska |
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