Nevadanadj.n.

Brit.

/nᵻˈvɑːd(ə)n/, U.S.

/nəˈvæd(ə)n/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nevada , -an suffix.

Etymology: < Nevada, the name of a state in the western U.S. ( < Nevada in the name of Sierra Nevada , a mountain range on the state's western frontier < Spanish sierra sierra n. + nevada , feminine of nevado snow-covered < nieve snow ( < classical Latin niv- , nix : see névé n.³) + -ado : see -ate suffix²) + -an suffix. Compare earlier Nevadian adj. and n.

A. adj.

Of or relating to the state of Nevada or its inhabitants.

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1868 Notes & Queries 15 Feb. 163/2 Californian and Nevadan miners..connect it [sc. the word bummer] with the same word as is used for a cockchafer in the Southern and Border States.

1943 Amer. Hist. Rev. 48 603 The reader's general impression is one of overemphasis on certain sensational and bizarre aspects of Reno and Las Vegas and the Nevadan rationalizations regarding them.

a1991 H. Carruth Coll. Shorter Poems (1992) 409 In my reftness I cry, I bawl, a two-day calf In the bitter Nevadan gale.

2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 July 14 Nicholson..stars as Jerry Black, a Nevadan sheriff.

B. n.

A native or inhabitant of the state of Nevada.

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1877 J. F. Rusling Great West & Pacific Coast 277 This was her [sc. San Francisco's] general name, indeed, for short, all over the Pacific coast; though the Nevadans spoke of her as ‘the Bay’ still.

1909 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. V. 36 He roars, men laugh, Nevadans weep, beasts howl.

1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways v. vi. 193 With only five Nevadans to the square mile (in actuality many fewer when you discount Las Vegas and Reno), I figured I could get by undisturbed.

2000 San Diego Union-Tribune (Electronic ed.) 5 Jan. a6 We are the average Nevadans in this state. We all believe in the preservation of traditional marriage.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nevadan
释义	Nevadanadj.n. Brit. /nᵻˈvɑːd(ə)n/, U.S. /nəˈvæd(ə)n/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nevada , -an suffix. Etymology: < Nevada, the name of a state in the western U.S. ( < Nevada in the name of Sierra Nevada , a mountain range on the state's western frontier < Spanish sierra sierra n. + nevada , feminine of nevado snow-covered < nieve snow ( < classical Latin niv- , nix : see névé n.³) + -ado : see -ate suffix²) + -an suffix. Compare earlier Nevadian adj. and n. A. adj. Of or relating to the state of Nevada or its inhabitants. ΚΠ 1868 Notes & Queries 15 Feb. 163/2 Californian and Nevadan miners..connect it [sc. the word bummer] with the same word as is used for a cockchafer in the Southern and Border States. 1943 Amer. Hist. Rev. 48 603 The reader's general impression is one of overemphasis on certain sensational and bizarre aspects of Reno and Las Vegas and the Nevadan rationalizations regarding them. a1991 H. Carruth Coll. Shorter Poems (1992) 409 In my reftness I cry, I bawl, a two-day calf In the bitter Nevadan gale. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 July 14 Nicholson..stars as Jerry Black, a Nevadan sheriff. B. n. A native or inhabitant of the state of Nevada. ΚΠ 1877 J. F. Rusling Great West & Pacific Coast 277 This was her [sc. San Francisco's] general name, indeed, for short, all over the Pacific coast; though the Nevadans spoke of her as ‘the Bay’ still. 1909 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. V. 36 He roars, men laugh, Nevadans weep, beasts howl. 1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways v. vi. 193 With only five Nevadans to the square mile (in actuality many fewer when you discount Las Vegas and Reno), I figured I could get by undisturbed. 2000 San Diego Union-Tribune (Electronic ed.) 5 Jan. a6 We are the average Nevadans in this state. We all believe in the preservation of traditional marriage. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1868
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