English > NV: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A state in the southwestern United States. |
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| Synonyms | Nevada, Silver State, Battle Born State, Sagebrush State, Nev. |
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| Instance of | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
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| Part of | Southwest, southwestern United States | The southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado |
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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 | Black Rock Desert | A desert in northwestern Nevada |
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| Carson City, capital of Nevada | Capital of the state of Nevada |
| Colorado, Colorado River | An important river in the southwestern United States |
| Death Valley | A desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada |
| Hoover Dam | A large dam built in 1933 on the Colorado River in Nevada |
| Lake Mead | The largest reservoir in the United States |
| Lake Tahoe | A lake on the border between Nevada and California to the west of Carson City |
| Las Vegas | largest city in Nevada |
| Reno | A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains |
| Spanish | Nevada |
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| Catalan | Nevada |
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