Oregon
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English
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.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹɪɡən/, /ˈɔɹəɡɪn/, (proscribed) /ˈɔɹɪɡɑn/
- (NYC) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹɪɡən/
- (Oregon, Washington, California, in casual speech) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹɡən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒɹɪɡən/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Oregon
- A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Salem. Largest city: Portland.
- Several other locations in the United States:
- A ghost town in Boone County, Arkansas.
- A small city, the county seat of Ogle County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
- A minor city, the county seat of Holt County, Missouri.
- A city in Lucas County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- A ghost town in Wilson County, Tennessee.
- A town and village in Dane County, Wisconsin.
- A community in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- University of Oregon.
Derived terms
Translations
northwestern state of the United States of America
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
Anagrams
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Oregon
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Oregon (genitive Oregons)
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Oregon
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
Declension
| Inflection of Oregon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Oregon | — | ||
| genitive | Oregonin | — | ||
| partitive | Oregonia | — | ||
| illative | Oregoniin | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Oregon | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Oregon | — | |
| gen. | Oregonin | |||
| genitive | Oregonin | — | ||
| partitive | Oregonia | — | ||
| inessive | Oregonissa | — | ||
| elative | Oregonista | — | ||
| illative | Oregoniin | — | ||
| adessive | Oregonilla | — | ||
| ablative | Oregonilta | — | ||
| allative | Oregonille | — | ||
| essive | Oregonina | — | ||
| translative | Oregoniksi | — | ||
| abessive | Oregonitta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Oregon n (proper noun, strong, genitive Oregons)
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Oregon
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Oregon m
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
Oregon
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Oregon m inan
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
Declension
Declension of Oregon
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Further reading
- Oregon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Oregon m
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
Romanian
Proper noun
Oregon n
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Óregón (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇᜒᜄᜓᜈ᜔)
- Oregon (a state of the United States)