English Explanatory Dictionary

Oregon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Salem. Largest city: Portland.
  2. Several other locations in the United States:
  3. A ghost town in Boone County, Arkansas.
  4. A small city, the county seat of Ogle County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky.
  6. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
  7. A minor city, the county seat of Holt County, Missouri.
  8. A city in Lucas County, Ohio.
  9. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
  10. A ghost town in Wilson County, Tennessee.
  11. A town and village in Dane County, Wisconsin.
  12. A community in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Pronunciation

/ˈɔɹɪɡən/ /ˈɔɹəɡɪn/ /ˈɔɹɪɡɑn/ /ˈɑɹɪɡən/ /ˈɔɹɡən/ En-us-Oregon-aika77.ogg /ˈɒɹɪɡən/ en-us-Oregon.ogg

Word forms

Oregon

Etymology

From earlier Ouragon, likely corruption of Spanish orejón (“big ears”), probably describing the banks of the Columbia River, although this remains uncertain. Multiple theories of further origins persist, usually an ultimate derivation from a Native American language: * A clipping of French Ouariconsint, itself a corruption of Ouisconsin(k), allegedly from Algonquin meskousing (“it lies in red, Wisconsin”). * Corruption of French ouragan (“hurricane”) * Borrowing from Abenaki wligen (“good”), cf. Algonquin wauregan (“beautiful”) * Borrowing from Shoshone ogoe (“river”) + paanangkwa (“west”) * Borrowing from Chinook Jargon ulakan (“candlefish”) See Wikipedia article on the toponym Oregon for more information.

Synonyms

UO

Derived words

OR Oregon alder Oregon boot Oregon box Oregon boxleaf Oregon boxwood Oregon City Oregon Country Oregon County Oregon crabapple Oregon fir Oregonian oregonite Oregon jargon Oregon maple Oregon myrtle Oregon pine Oregon Trail Oregon white oak

Translations

Arabic: أُورِيغُون Armenian: Օրեգոն Belarusian: Арэго́н Bulgarian: О́регон Catalan: Oregon Catalan: Oregó Chinese Cantonese: 俄勒岡 /俄勒冈 Chinese Mandarin: 俄勒岡 /俄勒冈 Chinese Mandarin: 奧勒岡 /奥勒冈 Czech: Oregon Danish: Oregon Dutch: Oregon Esperanto: Oregono Finnish: Oregon French: Oregon French: Orégon Galician: Oregón Georgian: ორეგონი German: Oregon Greek: Όρεγκον Haitian Creole: Oregon Hebrew: אורגון Hindi: औरिगन Italian: Oregon Japanese: オレゴン Khmer: អូរីហ្គិន Korean: 오리건 Lao: ອໍຣິກອນ Macedonian: О́регон Navajo: Óogin hahoodzo Occitan: Oregon Persian: اورگن Pohnpeian: Orekon Polish: Oregon Portuguese: Oregon Portuguese: Oregão Russian: Орего́н Slovak: Oregon Spanish: Oregón Swedish: Oregon Tagalog: Oregon Tajik: Орегон Thai: ออริกอน Turkish: Oregon
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