First recorded in 1870–75; Nebrask(a) + -an
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Paul Gigot: So Nebraskan by birth, husband, father of two daughters and a son, a former president of Midland Lutheran College, then a two-term senator, condolences on that.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Nebraskan homeowners, for instance, have seen a 53% increase in escrow costs in the past five years, the company noted, among the highest in the nation, due to rising home-insurance costs and property taxes.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026
“As a Nebraskan, it embarrasses me,” Wynn wrote.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2023
Peltola was raised on the Kuskokwim River near Bethel, a 70-minute flight west of Anchorage, by a Nebraskan father and a Yup’ik mother, whose people have fished the area for 12,000 years.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022
They brought Nebraskan wheat to Tokyo, Brazilian bananas to London, American scrap metal to India.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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