Nevadan
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- noun
- /nəˈvædən/
- Nevada has one of the highest rates of uninsured people in the nation—more than one in five Nevadans lack coverage.
- most Nevadans
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RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden kicked off a two-day campaign swing through Nevada on Wednesday by appealing to Nevadans to get to the polls as soon as early voting begins Saturday to help make sure President Obama carries the key swing state again.
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More significant, the one in four Nevadans who now identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino played a huge role in helping elect the nation's first African-American president.
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This is a huge amount when looking at the issues that are facing Nevadans.
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Nevadans are more likely than residents of three neighboring states to contract and die of cancer, according to a study.
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Nevada just has to, as the Nevadans put it, become the nation's nuclear garbage dump for nothing.
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By some estimates, two-thirds of Nevadans have already voted.
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Seventy percent of Nevadans reside in predominantly Democratic Clark County, which is home to Las Vegas.
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Early voting in the Silver State closed Friday with roughly 50,000 more Democrats voting than Republicans among the 700,000 Nevadans turning out early.
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Campaign-weary Nevadans said they were particularly tired of the negative advertising in the race between Senator Dean Heller, a Republican, and his Democratic opponent
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Seventy percent of Nevadans reside in predominantly Democratic Clark County, which is home to Las Vegas.
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Etymology
The word Nevadan comes from the place name Nevada, which in Spanish means 'snow-covered' and comes from the verb 'nevar' which means 'to snow'. The ending -an simply means 'a person from' a place, so a Nevadan is someone from Nevada.