"Rotovegas" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Blend of Rotorua + Vegas, since the many restaurants, neon signage etc. may be reminiscent of Las Vegas.",
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          "ref": "2002 May 27, Lynn Barber, “Just the spot... for jumping off a cliff”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2014-09-09:",
          "text": "New Zealanders call Rotorua Roto Vegas but that's pushing it a bit - Roto Blackpool maybe.",
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          "text": "Not everyone in Rotorua is happy with the name Rotovegas (sometimes Roto-Vegas).",
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        "(informal, humorous) A nickname for Rotorua, New Zealand.."
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          "word": "Ashvegas"
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