Nebraska

English

Map of US highlighting Nebraska

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /nɪ̈ˈbræskə/
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  Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Nebraska

1. A Template:USstate Capital: Lincoln; largest city: Omaha.

Synonyms

• Cornhusker State

Derived terms

• NE
• Nebraskan

Translations

US state

• Arabic: نِبْرَاسْكَا f (nibrāskā)
• Armenian: Նեբրասկա (Nebraska)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內布拉斯加／内布拉斯加 (Nèibùlāsījiā), 内布拉斯加 (zh) (Nèibùlāsījiā)

• Czech: Nebraska (cs) f
• Esperanto: Nebrasko
• Georgian: ნებრასკა (nebrasḳa)
• German: Nebraska (de) n
• Hebrew: נברסקה
• Hindi: नेब्रास्का (nebrāskā)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ネブラスカ (Neburasuka)
• Korean: 네브래스카 (Nebeuraeseuka)
• Macedonian: Небраска f (Nebráska)
• Navajo: Nabeeskah hahoodzo
• Persian: نبراسکا (Nebrâskâ)
• Portuguese: Nebrasca (pt)
• Russian: Небра́ска f (Nebráska)
• Spanish: Nebraska (es) f
• Turkish: Nebraska
• Urdu: نیبراسکا

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.Wikipedia ^es