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Definition of Nebraska
1. Noun. A midwestern state on the Great Plains.
Terms within: Bad Lands, Badlands, Grand Island, Capital Of Nebraska, Lincoln, North Platte, Omaha, North Platte, North Platte River, Platte, Platte River, Republican, Republican River, South Platte, South Platte River
Group relationships: Middle West, Midwest, Midwestern United States, America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Generic synonyms: American State
Definition of Nebraska
1. Proper noun. A (USstate) Capital: Lincoln; largest city: Omaha. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nebraska
Literary usage of Nebraska
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The first permanent white settlers came in the train of the '49 rush to California,
and on 30 May, 1854, Nebraska was organized as a territory with an area ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"In Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska. Action by Joseph Mancher
... Judgment for plaintiff was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Nebraska ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"STATE OF Nebraska. (Bee SC Reporter's ed. 677-618.) Boundaries between states.
... "State of Nebraska, Defendant, "By FN Prout, Attorney General. ..."
4. The Journal of Geography (1915)
"A GLIMPSE AT Nebraska INDIAN GEOGRAPHY By Melvin R. Gilmore University of Nebraska
WHEN the nature and scope of what is here termed the Indian Geography of ..."
5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1901)
"While connected with expeditions sent out by the Department of Entomology and
Ornithology, University of Nebraska, it has been the writer's good fortune to ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"AT a recent meeting of the Regents of the University of Nebraska bids were accepted
for the erection of an Experiment Station building for ..."
7. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"Ed.; sc; Book 49, L. Ed. 881 In this case the states of Missouri and Nebraska,
respectively, filed a bill and cross bill to settle the question of a ..."
8. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1884)
"Dr. HP MATHEWSON, Superintendent Nebraska Hospital for the insane, ... Nebraska has
no organized Board of Public Charities, but certain persons have been ..."
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