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oroville

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
oroville
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the county seat of Butte County, California, United States.

name

A city in Okanogan County, in north-central Washington, United States.

Etymology

The town in California was originally called Ophir City, but the name was changed to Oroville when the first post office opened in 1854, from Spanish oro (“gold”) + -ville.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does oroville mean?
A city, the county seat of Butte County, California, United States.
Where does oroville come from?
The town in California was originally called Ophir City, but the name was changed to Oroville when the first post office opened in 1854, from Spanish oro (“gold”) + -ville.

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