Nevada Triangle

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A region bounded by the vertices at Reno, Nevada, USA; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Fresno, California, USA; containing part of the Sierra Nevadas (a mountain range in the Rocky Mountain Cordillera); the triangle falling mostly in the U.S. state of Nevada; where many plane crashes occur and planes disappear.

Origin

  • Nevada + triangle.
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  • From being a triangular area mostly in Nevada.
  • Coined in analogy to the Bermuda Triangle.

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