What is the word las vegas means?

Question

I asked this question to Latinos and no one knows what it means.

Answer 1

Las Vegas means The Fertile Valleys. Must be a case of deceptive naming, like Greenland and Iceland.
And goat in Spanish is cabra, like chupacabra (goat sucker).
A meadow in Spanish is prado.

Answer 2

The Las Vegas oasis was first noticed in 1829 by Spanish explorers. They named this valley "Las Vegas" which means "the meadows." Mormon settlers arrived shortly thereafter and made this area home. The town itself was founded in 1905 but did not begin its incredible growth spurt until Nevada legalized gambling in 1931. Since that time Nevada has been one of the fastest growing states in the Union. At over 1.4 million residents, Las Vegas is a city intent on being the #1 vacation destination and entertainment mecca in the world.

TFTP

Answer 3

from wikipedia

Las Vegas was given its name by Spaniards in the Antonio Armijo party, who used the water in the area while heading north and west along the Old Spanish Trail from Texas. In the 1800s, areas of the Las Vegas Valley contained artesian wells that supported extensive green areas or Meadows (Vega in Spanish), hence the name Las Vegas.

Answer 4

Babelfish says it means

"the fertile valleys."

i don't know enough Spanish to know if that is correct.

Answer 5

las = lost

vegas = wages


lost wages

Answer 6

the fertile low land.

Answer 7

Money, fun

Answer 8

it is a place in nevada, usa

Answer 9

"the meadows"