Etymology

Las Vegas

Today it means: A desert city, the county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States, known for its large hotels, extravagant entertainment and dining, and gambling. Full definition →

Spanish las vegas ← ['es ',
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The story

  1. ['es · borrowed from',
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromlas vegas
  3. English todayLas Vegas

Borrowed from Spanish las vegas (“the fertile meadows”).

Words from the same roots

['es', all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.