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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

There is no recent data on how Seattle’s reno market has fared since; however, forces are working against it.

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

Late one night, their dad woke them up, told them to pack their bags as quickly as possible and fled with them to Reno, leaving their pet pit bull behind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

These two shocking facts have been revealed by the diligent digging of finance professors Joshua White of Vanderbilt University and Sean Wilkoff of the University of Nevada, Reno.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

While Burning Man is a “leave no trace” event, it still has a significant environmental impact, as reported recently by the Reno Gazette Journal.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Positron, based in Reno, Nev., is led by a team of executives that previously worked at cloud-computing firm Lambda and chip designer Groq.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The two others were Reno, where it was thought that Smith’s father lived, and San Francisco, the home of Smith’s sister, who shall here be known as Mrs. Frederic Johnson.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote