English
Nevada Triangle
From Nevada + triangle.
The story
Coined in analogy to the Bermuda Triangle.
Today it means
name 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.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Nevada Triangle