nebraska

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Definition of nebraska in English English dictionary: A state of the United States of America. Capital: Lincoln; largest city: Omaha; NE a state in the central US which consists mainly of farmland, and which produces corn, wheat, cattle, and pigs. Its largest city is Omaha. State (pop., 2000: 1,711,263), west-central U.S. Bordered by South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming, it covers 77,359 sq mi (200,360 sq km); its capital is Lincoln. The Missouri River is on its eastern boundary. The North Platte and South Platte unite in southwest-central Nebraska to form the Platte River. Various prehistoric peoples inhabited the area as early as 8000 BC. Indian tribes living in the area include Pawnee, Ute, and Omaha in the east and Sioux, Arapaho, and Comanche in the west. The U.S. bought the territory from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In 1804 the Lewis and Clark Expedition visited the Nebraska side of the Missouri River. It became part of Nebraska Territory with the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Nebraska was admitted to the Union as the 37th state in 1867. Soon after, the population increased, and as Indian resistance on the frontier was broken, settlement extended to Nebraska's panhandle. At the turn of the 20th century, it experienced a short but influential Populist movement. In 1937 it established a unicameral legislature, the only one in the nation. Most of the state is agricultural; its industries include food processing and machinery. Petroleum is the principal mineral resource. In addition to Lincoln, Omaha is the state's other cultural and industrial centre; A Capital: Lincoln; {i} state in the Midwestern United States; a midwestern state on the Great Plains
Kansas-Nebraska Act: (1854) Legislation that organized the territories of Kansas and Nebraska according to the doctrine of popular sovereignty. Introduced by Sen. Stephen A. Douglas to stop the sectional division over slavery, the act was criticized by antislavery groups as a capitulation to proslavery advocates. Groups on both sides rushed to settle Kansas Territory with their adherents, leading to the chaotic Bleeding Kansas period. Passage of the act led to the formation of the Republican Party as a political organization opposed to the expansion of slavery to any U.S. territory
University of Nebraska: large public university with its main campus in Lincoln and 3 satellite campuses throughout the state of Nebraska (USA)
university of nebraska: a university in Lincoln, Nebraska

nebraska

Hyphenation

Ne·bras·ka

Turkish pronunciation

nıbräskı

Synonyms

cornhusker state

Pronunciation

/nəˈbraskə/ /nəˈbræskə/

Etymology

() Nebraska probably gets its name from the archaic Chiwere words Ñí Brásge, pronounced (contemporary Otoe Ñí Bráhge), or the Omaha-Ponca Ní Btháska, pronounced , meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state.