Tonopah

T1O1N1O1P3A1H4

proper noun

An unincorporated town, the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States.

OriginShoshone [Term?] →
UncommonScrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. An unincorporated town, the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States.
    1 more example

    Kidwell says she’s tried to sell Cal-Nev-Ari for nearly 20 years. Last month, she finally found the right buyer, Heart of Nature. The company mines sulfur near Tonopah and sells it for organic farming. The precious water underneath Cal-Nev-Ari and money saved by doing business there drew investors to the site.

    2021 August 20, John Langeler, Justin Hopkins, “Founder of Cal-Nev-Ari reflects on sale of tiny town”, in 8 News Now, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2022
  2. A census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

Origin

  1. Shoshone[Term?]
  2. EnglishTonopah

From Shoshone [Term?].

More words from Shoshone

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“Tonopah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tonopah. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tonopah,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tonopah.

Source: Tonopah on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.