Nebraska

English

Map of US highlighting Nebraska

Etymology

Nebraska probably gets its name from archaic Chiwere Ñí Brásge, pronounced [ˌɲĩˈbɾaskɛ] (contemporary Chiwere Ñí Bráhge), or the Omaha-Ponca Ní Btháska, pronounced [ˌnĩˈbˡðaska], both meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /nəˈbɹæskə/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Nebraska

  1. A state of the United States of America Capital: Lincoln; largest city: Omaha.

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See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Nebraska

Further reading


Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nebraska.

Proper noun

Nebraska (genitive Nebraskas)

  1. Nebraska

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛˈbra.ska/

Proper noun

Nebraska f

  1. Nebraska

Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neˈbɾaska/, [neˈβɾaska]

Proper noun

Nebraska f

  1. Nebraska
  • nebraskés

See also

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