"Beowawe"@en . "-8" . . . "-7" . . . . . . "Beowawe (/be\u026A\u0275\u02C8w\u0251\u02D0wi\u02D0/ bay-\u0259-WAH-wee) is a small town, misnomered on the internet as a ghost town, in Eureka County in northeastern Nevada in the western United States. It is the site of a mining operation and a geothermal power plant, and has a public library. Beowawe is a Paiute Native American word meaning \"gate\", so named for the peculiar shape of the hills close to town which gives the effect of a gateway opening to the valley beyond."@en .