Las Vegas
Americannoun
-
a city in SE Nevada.
-
a city in central New Mexico.
noun
Discover More
A famous gambling and entertainment center.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The vision of a Nevada gambling hub south of Las Vegas along the Interstate 15 Freeway was perhaps done in by SoCal tribal casinos offering shorter drives and similar services.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
On March 6, 1971, a few thousand people marched down the Las Vegas Strip, clogging the glitzy artery through which the city’s money flowed, to protest cuts to public assistance for the poor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Ruby Duncan, a welfare-rights activist who led protests and founded Operation Life in Las Vegas, died on April 26 at 93.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
On Monday, Fisher and the A’s open a six-game homestand at a triple-A ballpark in Las Vegas, an appetizer before their scheduled move into a new stadium there in 2028.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
While Americans celebrated victory, a woman in her early thirties, with short, dark hair stepped off a train in the tiny town of Las Vegas, New Mexico.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
