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Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife, with most venues centered on downtown Las Vegas and more to the Las Vegas Strip just outside city limits. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural ...
7 Μαΐ 2021 · Whether you are a US citizen, visiting the country, or receiving some mails from there, you may have come across two-letter abbreviations like TX, AZ, TN, OH, and so much more. The abbreviations or codes can be confusing, particularly if you do not know the place they represent.
22 Αυγ 2022 · Las Vegas is a Spanish word that means ‘The Meadows’. The city was named by a Spanish trader in the 1800s who encountered a beautiful natural area of lush meadows of wild desert grasses. This empty meadow is where Las Vegas now stands.
4 ημέρες πριν · Las Vegas, city, seat (1909) of Clark county, southeastern Nevada, known for its casinos and elaborate hotels. The only major city in the American West to have been founded in the 20th century, it grew from a tiny, desert-bound railroad service center to the country’s fastest-growing metropolis at century’s end.
The name Las Vegas—Spanish for “the meadows”—was given to the area in 1829 by Rafael Rivera, a member of the Spanish explorer Antonio Armijo trading party that was traveling to Los Angeles, and stopped for water there on the Old Spanish Trail from New Mexico.
Namely, Nevada means “snowy” (after the Sierra Nevada mountain range) and Las Vegas means “The Meadows”. Las Vegas got that name after green meadows, which were on that spot because there was water from underground artesian wells (the surrounding land is wasteland).
15 Αυγ 2017 · Sin City is the most common synonym or nickname for Las Vegas. As far as we can tell, the first reference to Las Vegas as Sin City or City of Sin was in the title of a 1963 book penned by two casino executives, Dick Taylor and Pat Howell, Las Vegas: City of Sin?
