Oregon
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Etymology edit
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 edit
- (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 edit
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.
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northwestern state of the United States of America
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See also edit
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 |
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Oregon
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
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Oregon (genitive Oregons)
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
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Oregon
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
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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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Oregon n (proper noun, strong, genitive Oregons)
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
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Oregon
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Oregon m
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
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Oregon
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Oregon m inan
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
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Declension of Oregon
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adjective
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- Oregon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Oregon m
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
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Oregon n
- Oregon (a state of the United States)
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Óregón (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇᜒᜄᜓᜈ᜔)
- Oregon (a state of the United States)