Las Vegas

English

the Las Vegas Strip, the tourists' focal point in Las Vegas (sense 1)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish las vegas (“the fertile meadows”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑs ˈveɪɡəs/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /læs ˈveɪɡəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /lɔs ˈveɪɡəs/

Proper noun

Las Vegas

2. A desert city, the county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States, known for its large hotels, extravagant entertainment and dining, and gambling.

   Synonyms: Vegas, Sin City

   Meronym: The Strip

   • 2018, Michael G. Zey, Seizing the Future: Dawn of the Macroindustrial Era:

     It is projected that the ride from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on such a supertrain would take 75 minutes.

   • 2020 May 15, Parija Kavilanz, “Why this chef keeps showing up at disaster zones”, in CNN Business‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 June 2020:

     “This pertains to employees in DC, NY, Las Vegas and Orlando. TFG continues to pay chefs and restaurants managers responsible for operating the community kitchens,” the company said.

4. A city, the county seat of San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States.

Derived terms

• Brisvegas
• Las Vegan
• Las Vegas rule
• Vegas rule
• what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas

Translations

city

• Arabic: لَاس فِيغَاس (ar) f (lās fīḡas)

  Hijazi Arabic: لاس فيقس f (lās fēgas)

• Armenian: Լաս Վեգաս (hy) (Las Vegas)
• Bengali: লাস ভেগাস (bn) (laś bhegaś)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉斯維加斯 / 拉斯维加斯 (zh) (Lāsīwéijiāsī)

• Esperanto: Lasvegaso
• German: Las Vegas (de) n
• Greek: Λας Βέγκας (el) n (Las Végkas)
• Japanese: ラスベガス (Rasubegasu)
• Korean: 라스베이거스 (Raseubeigeoseu)
• Latin: Campi
• Marathi: लास व्हेगस n (lās vhegas)
• Navajo: Naʼazhǫǫsh Hatsoh
• Polish: Las Vegas (pl) n
• Portuguese: Las Vegas f
• Punjabi: لاس ویگَس m (lās vegas)
• Russian: Лас-Ве́гас (ru) m (Las-Végas)
• Spanish: Las Vegas (es) f pl
• Turkish: Las Vegas
• Urdu: لاس ویگس m (lās vegas)
• Vietnamese: Lát Vê-gát

Anagrams

• salvages

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Las Vegas, from Spanish las vegas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlas ˈvɛ.ɡas/

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: Las Ve‧gas

Proper noun

Las Vegas n (indeclinable)

1. Las Vegas (a city in Nevada, United States)

Further reading

• “Las Vegas”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Las Vegas”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Las Vegas.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla(j)z ˈvɛ.ɡɐs/ [ˈla(ɪ̯)z ˈvɛ.ɡɐs]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla(j)z ˈvɛ.ɡɐs/ [ˈla(ɪ̯)z ˈvɛ.ɡɐs]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈla(j)ʒ ˈvɛ.ɡɐʃ/ [ˈla(ɪ̯)ʒ ˈvɛ.ɡɐʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʒ ˈvɛ.ɡɐʃ/ [ˈlaʒ ˈvɛ.ɣɐʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʒ ˈvɛ.ɡɐʃ/ [ˈlaʒ ˈvɛ.ɣɐʃ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʒ ˈbɛ.ɡɐʃ/ [ˈlaʒ ˈβɛ.ɣɐʃ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʒ ˈvɛ.ɡɐʃ/

• Rhymes: -ɛɡɐs

Proper noun

Las Vegas f

1. Las Vegas (a desert city, the county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States, known for its large hotels, extravagant entertainment and dining, and gambling)

   Synonym: Vegas

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /las ˈbeɡas/ [laz ˈβ̞e.ɣ̞as]
• Syllabification: Las Ve‧gas

Proper noun

Las Vegas f

1. Las Vegas (a city in Nevada, United States)
   • 2025 January 2, Alaa Elassar, “El conductor del Tesla Cybertruck se disparó antes de la explosión, dice la policía”, in CNN en Español‎^[4]:

     Las autoridades no están identificando a Livelsberger como la persona encontrada dentro del Cybertruck porque el cuerpo encontrado dentro del vehículo estaba quemado hasta quedar irreconocible, dijo el sheriff de Las Vegas, Kevin McMahill, en una conferencia de prensa este jueves.

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Swedish

Noun

Las Vegas

1. Las Vegas (a city in Nevada, United States)
2. (slang) toilet, bathroom

   Jag ska på Las Vegas.

   I'm gonna take a leak.

   (literally, “I'm going on Las Vegas (the toilet).”)

   Han är på Las Vegas.

   He's taking a leak.

   (literally, “He's on Las Vegas (the toilet).”)

   Vart ligger Las Vegas?

   Where is the bathroom?

   (literally, “Where is Las Vegas (the toilet)?”)