Nebraska

English

Map of US highlighting Nebraska

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /nəˈbræskə/

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Proper noun

Nebraska

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

Synonyms

• Cornhusker State

Derived terms

• NE
• Nebraskan

Translations

US state

Arabic: نبراسكا (ar) (nibraaska) f. Armenian: Նեբրասկա (hy) (Nebraska) Chinese: Mandarin: 內布拉斯加 (cmn), 内布拉斯加 (cmn) (Nèibùlāsījiā) Czech: Nebraska (cs) f. Esperanto: Nebrasko (eo) Georgian: ნებრასკა (ka) (nebraskʼa) German: Nebraska (de) n. Hebrew: נברסקה (he) Hindi: नेब्रास्का (hi) (nebrāskā)

Japanese: ネブラスカ (ja) (Neburasuka) Korean: 네브래스카 (ko) (Nebeuraeseuka) Macedonian: Небраска (mk) (Nebráska) f. Navajo: Nabeeskah hahoodzo Persian: نبراسکا (fa) Russian: Небраска (ru) (Nebráska) f. Spanish: Nebraska (es) f. Turkish: Nebraska (tr) Urdu: نیبراسکا (ur)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Nebraska

External links

• Nebraska on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Spanish

Proper noun

Nebraska f.

1. Nebraska

Related terms

• nebraskés

See also

• Nebraska on the Spanish Wikipedia.es.Wikipedia