oregon
/ˈɔɹɪɡən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Salem. Largest city: Portland.
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Example Sentences
- "Dennis Anderson, 45, and Brandy Goldsbury, 46, were traveling from the beach in Lincoln City on the Oregon coast back to their home in Tigard around 8:30 p.m. July 13 when they spotted a black BMW 3 Series trying to pass them, according to reporting in The Oregonian."
- "“While the motivation for this has not been confirmed, we are aware that other Tesla dealerships have been targeted across Oregon and the nation for political reasons,” police in Tigard, Oregon, said in a statement."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: orejón
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɔɹɪɡən/
- British English: /ˈɒɹɪɡən/