1. (n.)Nebraska a state in the central United States. 1,711,263; 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Cap.:Lincoln. Abbr.: NE, Nebr., Neb.
Definition of 'nebraska'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)Nebraska, Cornhusker State, NE a midwestern state on the Great Plains
Definitions of 'nebraska'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. nebraska one of the westcentral States of the American Union, has Dakota on its N. and Kansas and Colorado on the S., is 1½ times the size of England; in the E. stretches of fertile landyield abundant crops of grain (maize chiefly), hemp, flax, sugar-beet, and tobacco, while in the W. richprairie pastures favour a prosperous stock-raising; the Platte, Niobrarah, and Republican Rivers follow the eastwardslope of the land; Omaha and Lincoln (capital) are the chief centres of the manufacturing industries; climate is dry and bracing; wolves, foxes, skunks, &c., abound, chiefly in the "Bad Lands" of the N.; Nebraska was incorporated in the AmericanUnion in 1867.