Las Vegas

[ lahs vey-guhs ]

noun

1. a city in SE Nevada.
2. a city in central New Mexico.

Las Vegas

/ læs ˈveɪɡəs /

noun

1. a city in SE Nevada: famous for luxury hotels and casinos. Pop: 517 017 (2003 est)

Las Vegas

1. City in southern Nevada .

Notes

A famous gambling and entertainment center.

Example Sentences

Around 1990, he sold his share in the arcades and moved to Las Vegas to work toward his dream of opening a pinball museum.

From Washington Post

A Nevada woman’s Stage 4 lung cancer did not make her eligible to be vaccinated, but because she works part time at an animal rescue shelter in Las Vegas, she was considered a priority recipient as a front-line community support staffer.

From Washington Post

The term was coined by architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, who studied the vernacular architecture of Las Vegas.

From Washington Post

Two years later, Burns has a chance to realize those dreams at Usman’s expense when the two square off in Saturday’s UFC 258 main event in Las Vegas.

From Washington Post

If tourism crashes to a halt, there is no way for Las Vegas or Orlando or New York to avoid lost revenue.

From Time

In the name of protecting passengers, however, tourists in Las Vegas are unable to take advantage of this service.

From The Daily Beast

Ironically, what was bad for the boys in Havana provided a shot in the arm to the casino crowd in Las Vegas.

From The Daily Beast

And acts like mambo king Pupi Campo and the energetic DeCastro Sisters made Las Vegas their new home.

From The Daily Beast

By the early 1960s, Las Vegas enjoyed an influx of casino employees with experience in Havana.

From The Daily Beast

His latest book is a short story collection, Even a Street Dog: Las Vegas Stories.

From The Daily Beast

Las Vegas, you're a wonder with a hoss an' a rope, an' I reckon with a gun, but when it comes to girls you shore ain't there.

From Project Gutenberg

This turning his back upon men he had just dared to draw showed what kind of a school Las Vegas had been trained in.

From Project Gutenberg

Las Vegas poured out a drink, while his gaze was intent on the scarred old mirror hanging behind the bar.

From Project Gutenberg

Las Vegas began his stalking up and down, and his action now was an exaggeration of all his former movements.

From Project Gutenberg

At last, when the hour was so late that there was no probability of Beasley appearing, Las Vegas flung himself out of the saloon.

From Project Gutenberg