A real c-h-a-m-p-i-o-nTussah Heera of Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. made the championship round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee spelling bee n. A contest in which competitors are eliminated as they fail to spell a given word correctly. Also called spelldown. Noun 1. last week, correctly spelling words that arenÕt necessarily in the desktop dictionary. She spelled cecity (blindness), talipot (a type of palm) and bardiglio (an Italian marble), among others. ÒI was praying so hard for me to get words that I know — and I did!Ó she wrote on her Twitter A Web site and service that lets users send short text messages from their cellphones to a group of friends. Launched in 2006, Twitter (www.twitter.com) was designed for people to broadcast their current activities and thoughts. page after making the final round. In the finals, the 13-year-old was given a word she said she Òreally didnÕt know.Ó The word: herniorrhaphy, a surgical procedure used to fix hernias. Words with double letters, she said, give her trouble. Instead of spelling it with a double ÒrÓ she used one. ÒIt was really, really disappointing,Ó she said, Òbut IÕm really proud of what I did so far in the time that I had and in the circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or . I think I did pretty good.Ó She did better than pretty good. Heera, who is home schooled, distinguished herself. In March, she beat 36 other students to win the Nevada state title and earn the trip to Washington, D.C. There, she competed against 292 other top spellers and finished 11th. That is the best finish for a Nevadan since at least 1996, when the competition started keeping records of individual rounds. Heera does more than spell. She plays piano and cello cello or 'cello: see violin. cello or violoncello Bowed, stringed instrument, the bass member of the violin family. Its full name means “little violone”—i.e., “little big viol. and has been honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. in local competitions for both her performance and her composition. She also writes poetry. In our book, sheÕs a winner, no matter how you spell it. 
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