Area 51

English

Etymology

Unclear, but perhaps from a grid numbering system of the area by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC); while Area 51 is not part of this system, it is adjacent to Area 15.

Proper noun

Area 51

  1. (informal) A military base in Nevada, rumored to be where the US government hides extra-planetary alien visitors.
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