Oregon

Meaning

1. A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Salem. Largest city: Portland.
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11. A community in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
12. A barangay of Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental, Philippines.
13. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of University of Oregon.

Synonyms

OR

Beaver State

Silicon Forest

Penutian

Translations

Oregon

Oregon

Oregon

Oregón

Oregon

Oregon

أوريغون

Oregão

Orégon

Oregon

Oregon

Oregon

Oregonia

Oregon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔɹɪɡən/

Etymology

Cognate with French: Ouariconsint

Cognate with Algonquin: meskousing

Cognate with French: ouragan

Cognate with Western Abnaki: wligen

Cognate with Algonquin: wauregan

Cognate with Shoshoni: ogoe

Cognate with Chinook Jargon: ulakan

In summary

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.

Sentences

Multnomah Falls is the tallest waterfall in the state of Oregon .