Las Vegas (English spelling)

Japanese: ラス・ベガス(英語表記)Las Vegas
Las Vegas (English spelling)
A tourist city in southeastern Nevada, USA. Population: 328,000 (1994), metropolitan area population: 970,000 (1992). The city's name means "pasture" or "fertile land" in Spanish, but it is located in a desert area surrounded by mountains. Mormons settled in 1855, but abandoned the city two years later. The town was established after the railroad arrived in 1905, and in the 1930s it became the base for the construction of Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, 40 km southeast, and the entertainment district developed rapidly. In addition, in 1931, Nevada legalized gambling as part of a recovery policy after the Great Depression, and casinos and other gambling facilities were established one after another.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
アメリカ合衆国ネバダ州南東部の観光都市。人口32万8000(1994),大都市域人口97万(1992)。市名はスペイン語で〈牧草地〉〈肥沃地〉を意味するが,山に囲まれた砂漠地帯にある。1855年にモルモン教徒が入植したが,2年後には放棄した。1905年の鉄道開通ののち町ができ,30年代には南東40kmのコロラド川のフーバー・ダム建設の拠点となり,歓楽街が一躍発達した。加えて31年に大不況期の復興政策の一環としてネバダ州がギャンブルを公認したため,次々とカジノをはじめとするギャンブル施設が設けられた。

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