"Nevada Triangle" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Nevada Triangle [canonical]
Etymology: From Nevada + triangle. From being a triangular area mostly in Nevada. Coined in analogy to the Bermuda Triangle. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Nevada|triangle}} Nevada + triangle Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|def=1|head=Nevada Triangle}} the Nevada Triangle
  1. A region bounded by the vertices at Reno, Nevada, US; Las Vegas, Nevada, US; Fresno, California, US; containing part of the Sierra Nevada (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. Related terms: Bermuda Triangle, Dragon's Triangle
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