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Nebraska i / n ə ˈ b r æ s k ə / is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States . Its state capital is Lincoln . Its largest city is Omaha , which is on the Missouri River . The state is crossed by many historic trails and was explored by the Lewis and Clark Expedition . The California Gold Rush brought the first large numbers of non-indigenous settlers to the area. Nebraska was admitted as the 37th state of the United States in 1867. The climate has wide variations between w
Nebraska's name is derived from transliteration of the archaic Otoe words Ñí Brásge , pronounced [ɲĩbɾasꜜkɛ] (contemporary Otoe Ñí Bráhge ), or the Omaha Ní Btháska , pronounced [nĩbɫᶞasꜜka] , meaning "flat water", after the Platte River that flows through the state.
Nebraska is a state in the central United States.