Part of it is west of Los Angeles, oddly (6)

I believe the answer is:

nevada

(Other definitions for nevada that I've seen before include "Curiously, Dan and Eva are in the US" , "part of US" , "South-west US state" , "The Silver State" , "US state, NV" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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