The story
- Spanish · derived fromoro“gold”
- English todayOroville
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.
Words from the same roots
Spanishoro all →
OroOrovadaoroblanco
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.