Nebraska

[nuh-bras-kuh]

noun

1. a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Lincoln. NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.

Nebraska

/ nɪˈbræskə /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Nebr..  NE. a state of the western US: consists of an undulating plain. Capital: Lincoln. Pop: 1 739 291 (2003 est). Area: 197 974 sq km (76 483 sq miles)

Nebraska

1. State in the midwestern United States bordered by South Dakota to the north, Iowa and Missouri to the east, Kansas to the south, and Colorado and Wyoming to the west. Its capital is Lincoln, and its largest city is Omaha.

Example Sentences

The project would link to existing pipelines and deliver oil from western Canada to Nebraska.

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Born in Nebraska and raised in South Dakota, Leahy worked in his youth as a cowhand, a soda jerk and a clerk in a trading post.

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Jack Palmer was a farmer, and this car was not the kind of thing people were driving in the Nebraska farming community where he lived.

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Fortunately for Helton, he took the Eagles to a bowl game in his first season, beat Nebraska on the road and even notched a top-25 win against James Madison.

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The resultant album, “Nebraska,” is one of the ’80s most hushed accomplishments and it took an actor of White’s confidence to make that inward journey compelling.

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