Sin City

proper noun

Nickname for Las Vegas: a desert city, the county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States.

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Meanings

proper nounSin City or the Sin City
  1. slangNickname for Las Vegas: a desert city, the county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States.

    Making sure Sin City still shines brighter than creation's dark

    2008, Mike Cooley, Checkout Time in Vegas
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    A huge opportunity awaits the Vegas Golden Knights. Win tonight and you take both games of the Stanley Cup Final on the road. Oh, and you go up 2-0 with the series shifting to the Sin City. What could be better?

    2026 June 4, Lukas Weese, “How Seth Jarvis scored the OT winner that gave the Hurricanes a Game 2 win over the Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Final”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
  2. slangNickname for Pattaya: a resort city in Chonburi Province, Thailand.
  3. datedslangNickname for Montreal: an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada; during the Prohibition era.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
las vegas
Cite this entry
APA

Sin City. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sin%20City

MLA

“Sin City.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sin%20City. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sin City,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sin%20City.

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