--- title: Donald Trump Flubs 'Nevada' Pronunciation description: Donald Trump mispronounced the word 'Nevada' while trying to teach a Reno crowd how to say the name of their home state. canonical: https://time.com/4521256/donald-trump-nevada-reno-pronunciation/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-06T15:10:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:31.300Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Flubs 'Nevada' Pronunciation While Teaching Reno Crowd How to Say It og:description: "It has to be Ne-vah-da" og:url: https://time.com/4521256/donald-trump-nevada-reno-pronunciation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc94deb452184f598/6988a889fb4eac163288f599/donald-trump-pueblo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Flubs 'Nevada' Pronunciation While Teaching Reno Crowd How to Say It twitter:description: "It has to be Ne-vah-da" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc94deb452184f598/6988a889fb4eac163288f599/donald-trump-pueblo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Flubs 'Nevada' Pronunciation While Teaching Reno Crowd How to Say It > Sponsored content. 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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Pueblo, Colo., on Oct. 3, 2016. Evan Vucci—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 6, 2016 3:10 PM UTC Donald Trump mispronounced the word “Nevada” while trying to teach a Reno crowd how to say the name of their home state. At a rally Wednesday night, Trump said, “Nevada. Ne-vahhhh-da… Nobody says it the other way, it has to be Ne-vah-da. And if you don’t say it correctly,” Trump joked, “it didn’t happen to me but it happened to a friend of mine, he was killed.” Reporters in attendance [noted](https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/783810185101991936) that some members of the crowd yelled back the proper pronunciation, Neh-VAD-ah. 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