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Las Vegas

noun

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

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"Las Vegas" Quotes from Famous Books

... tiny spot of light in the blackness. Pittsburgh. Maybe Cleveland. It didn't matter which. Jets traveled at such-and-such a rate of speed; they left at such-and-such a time and arrived elsewhere at such-and-such a time later. He could worry, or he could not-worry. The jet would bring him down in Las Vegas in exactly the same time, to the second, either way. Another half-hour taxi ride over dusty desert roads would bring him to the glorified quonset hut his brother called home. Nothing Dan Fowler could do would hurry the ...

— Martyr • Alan Edward Nourse

... "It has been probated in Las Vegas. The judge happens to be a friend of your father's and, ...

— The Boss of the Lazy Y • Charles Alden Seltzer

... institutions are open to both sexes, and degrees are conferred alike upon men and women. The Territorial University at Albuquerque, the Las Vegas Normal University and others ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV • Various

Words linked to "Las Vegas" : Nevada, metropolis, Battle Born State, Silver State, Sagebrush State, NV, city, urban center