Where does “Las Vegas” come from?

Las Vegas (English) comes from Spanish las vegas — the fertile meadows; the meadows.

Las Vegas (English): known for its large hotels, extravagant entertainment and dining, and gambling

Definitions

  1. known for its large hotels, extravagant entertainment and dining, and gambling

Ancestry of “Las Vegas”, step by step

Las Vegas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish las vegas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlas vegasthe fertile meadows; the meadows

via Spanish [[las]] [[vega]]s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish[[las]] [[vega]]s

Words derived from “Las Vegas

Every word from Spanish las vegas