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• reno
  reno

  noun

  a renovation, as of a building or room.
• Reno
  Reno

  noun

  Janet, 1938–2016, U.S. lawyer: first woman U.S. attorney general, 1993–2001.

reno

¹ American  

[ren-oh] / ˈrɛn oʊ /

noun

• renos
  plural

1. Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.

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Reno ² American  

[ree-noh] / ˈri noʊ /

noun

1. Janet, 1938–2016, U.S. lawyer: first woman U.S. attorney general, 1993–2001.

2. a city in W Nevada.

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Reno British  

/ ˈriːnəʊ /

noun

1. a city in W Nevada, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada: noted as a divorce, wedding, and gambling centre by reason of its liberal laws. Pop: 193 882 (2003 est)

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Reno Cultural  

1. City in western Nevada.

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Known for its gambling casinos and, in the first half of the twentieth century, for easily obtained divorces.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• renos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of reno

By shortening

Example Sentences

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A midcentury-style home near Lake Tahoe lost its charm to a bad reno.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

York and his partner, Trish Svennungsen of Reliable Services, do small reno jobs and handyman work around unincorporated Kent and Covington.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

"Pleased, but not fully satisfied, I dove headfirst into Pinterest for Ikea-kitchen reno hacks but quickly found myself in over my head," Hysmith said.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2023

Home improvements - carrying out a "reno" is something of a national pastime - are becoming prohibitively expensive because of the spiralling cost of raw materials.

From BBC ● May 15, 2022

“He liked the work I did on those other two units so much, he wants me to reno the entire fifth floor.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The three-year-old company, which helps consumers book flight deals with credit-card points, is the second business Jay Reno has launched in a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Tonopah, built by the mining industry around 1900 and depleted as the gold, silver, lead and mercury waned, is a remote way station about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

Intuit said it will close its offices in Reno and Woodland Hills and incur an estimated $300 million to $340 million in restructuring charges.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

“You see the same issue playing out at Laughlin along the Arizona border and Reno and Tahoe in Northern California.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

Then he went to Reno, Nevada, and got himself a quickie divorce.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride