Nebraska

Meaning

1. A ghost town in Scott County, Arkansas.
2. A township in Livingston County, Illinois.
3. Several other places in the United States, named for the state or territory:
4. A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Lincoln. Largest city: Omaha.
5. An unincorporated community in Jennings County, Indiana.
6. A former territory (1854–1867) of the United States, encompassing areas of what is today Nebraska, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Colorado, and Montana. Capital: Omaha.
7. Ellipsis of University of Nebraska.
8. A ghost town in Pickaway County, Ohio.

Etymology / origin

Probably from archaic Chiwere Ñí Brásge ([ˌɲĩˈbɾaskɛ]; contemporary Chiwere Ñí Bráhge) or from Omaha-Ponca Ní Btháska ([ˌnĩˈbˡðaska]), both meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state.

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