LAS VEGAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Las Vegas mean? 

• LAS VEGAS (noun)
  The noun LAS VEGAS has 1 sense:

1. largest city in Nevada; located in southeastern Nevada; originally settled by Mormons but is now famous for entertainment and gambling and general excess

  Familiarity information: LAS VEGAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAS VEGAS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Largest city in Nevada; located in southeastern Nevada; originally settled by Mormons but is now famous for entertainment and gambling and general excess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Las Vegas" is a part of...):

Battle Born State; Nev.; Nevada; NV; Sagebrush State; Silver State (a state in the western United States)

 Context examples 

Scientists at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), who led an international research team in the study, created a synthetic version of a hydrogen-containing mineral known as whitlockite.

(New Evidence for A Water-Rich History on Mars, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Thursday night, "Alien Stock" was held in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada with involvement of original poster Matty Roberts.

(Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence, Wikinews)