Nevada Triangle

proper noun

A region bounded by the vertices at Reno, Nevada, US; Las Vegas, Nevada, US; Fresno, California, US; containing part of the Sierra Nevada (a mountain range in the Rocky Mountain Cordillera); the triangle falling mostly in the U.S. state of Nevada; where many plane crashes occur and planes disappear.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Nevada Triangle
  1. A region bounded by the vertices at Reno, Nevada, US; Las Vegas, Nevada, US; Fresno, California, US; containing part of the Sierra Nevada (a mountain range in the Rocky Mountain Cordillera); the triangle falling mostly in the U.S. state of Nevada; where many plane crashes occur and planes disappear.

Origin

From Nevada + triangle. From being a triangular area mostly in Nevada. Coined in analogy to the Bermuda Triangle.

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Nevada Triangle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nevada%20Triangle

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“Nevada Triangle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nevada%20Triangle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nevada Triangle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nevada%20Triangle.

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