Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vegas

/ˈveɪɡəs/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: ve-gas
IPA: /ˈveɪɡəs/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

name

Las Vegas, a city in Nevada, USA.

Informal

name

Gambling, especially sports betting.

noun

Example Sentences

"I'm of two minds about Vegas. I think Vegas is strange, and I don't know where their water comes from. But as a town and a place for an entertainer, there's . . . no other place you can go to where you can just sit and do six weeks at a time and have your band and your staff be so happy."

Etymology

Clipping of Las Vegas.

Usage

Informal

Derived Forms

Ashvegas Manchvegas Rotovegas vegasite

Phrases

Vegas Strip what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas

Homonyms

vagus

Rhymes With

degas magus bodegas vagus tagus tragus fagus antitragus

Questions

How do you pronounce vegas?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈveɪɡəs/.
What does vegas mean?: plural of vega
Where does vegas come from?: Clipping of Las Vegas.

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