Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nevadaplano

/nəˌvædəˈplænoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nevada-plano
IPA: /nəˌvædəˈplænoʊ/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A high-elevation orogenic plateau that once existed during the Tertiary period in what is modern North America’s Great Basin, analogous to today’s high-elevation South American altiplano.

Example Sentences

"At the peak of its development, the retroarc side of the Cordillera was divided into five tectonomorphic zones, including from west to east the Luning-Fencemaker thrust belt; the central Nevada (or Eureka) thrust belt; a high-elevation plateau (the “Nevadaplano”); the topographically rugged Sevier fold-thrust belt; and the Laramide zone of intraforeland basement uplifts and basins."
"Terming this now-exhumed Late Cretaceous–Eocene hinterland metamorphic belt the Nevadaplano, he estimated that its average elevation probably exceeded 3 km."
"During the Late Cretaceous, central Nevada may have been a high elevation plateau, the Nevadaplano; some geodynamic models of the western US require thickened crust and high elevations during the Mesozoic to drive the subsequent tectonic events of the Cenozoic while other models do not."

Etymology

Blend of Nevada + altiplano. Coined by American geoscientist Peter G. DeCelles in a 2004 paper in the American Journal of Science.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /nəˌvædəˈplænoʊ/

Phrases

Altiplano Armenio

Frequently Paired Words

altiplano Altiplano Armenio

Questions

How do you pronounce nevadaplano?: The recorded pronunciation is /nəˌvædəˈplænoʊ/.
What does nevadaplano mean?: A high-elevation orogenic plateau that once existed during the Tertiary period in what is modern North America’s Great Basin, analogous to today’s high-elevation South American altiplano.
Where does nevadaplano come from?: Blend of Nevada + altiplano. Coined by American geoscientist Peter G. DeCelles in a 2004 paper in the American Journal of Science.

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