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)
• Portuguese: Nebrasca (pt)
• 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