Meanings
- A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Salem. Largest city: Portland.
“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.
2025 March 10, Chris Isidore, “Tesla faces vandalism and protests amid backlash against Elon Musk”, in CNN1 more example
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.
2022 July 21, Snejana Farberov, “Dad shot dead in road-rage attack after splashing windshield fluid on BMW”, in New York Post - Several other locations in the United States:
- A ghost town in Boone County, Arkansas.
- A small city, the county seat of Ogle County, Illinois.
- A minor city, the county seat of Holt County, Missouri.
- A city in Lucas County, Ohio.
- A ghost town in Wilson County, Tennessee.
- A town and village in Dane County, Wisconsin.
- A community in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounEllipsis of University of Oregon.
Origin
From earlier Ouragon (1765), of obscure origin. Various etymologies have been proposed: * A clipping of French Ouariconsint, itself a corruption of Ouisconsin(g) (“Wisconsin”) * Borrowing from 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”) * Borrowing from Spanish orégano (“marjoram”) See Wikipedia article on the toponym Oregon for more information.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أُورِيغُون
- أُورِيغُون (ʔuriḡūn)northwestern state of the United States of America
Bulgarian О́регон
- О́регон (Óregon)northwestern state of the United States of America
Catalan Oregon, Oregó
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
- Oregónorthwestern state of the United States of America
Chinese Cantonese 俄勒岡 /俄勒冈
- 俄勒岡 /俄勒冈 (ngo⁴ lak⁶ gong¹)northwestern state of the United States of America
Chinese Mandarin 俄勒岡 /俄勒冈, 奧勒岡 /奥勒冈
- 俄勒岡 /俄勒冈 (Élègāng)northwestern state of the United States of America
- 奧勒岡 /奥勒冈 (Àolègāng)northwestern state of the United States of America
Czech Oregon
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
Danish Oregon
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
Dutch Oregon
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
Esperanto Oregono
- Oregononorthwestern state of the United States of America
Finnish Oregon
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
French Oregon, Orégon
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
- Orégonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
German Oregon
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
Greek Όρεγκον
- Όρεγκον (Óregkon)northwestern state of the United States of America
Hebrew אורגון
- אורגון (Oragon)northwestern state of the United States of America
Hindi औरिगन
- औरिगन (aurigan)northwestern state of the United States of America
Italian Oregon
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
Japanese オレゴン
- オレゴンnorthwestern state of the United States of America
Korean 오리건
- 오리건 (Origeon)northwestern state of the United States of America
Persian اورگن
- اورگنnorthwestern state of the United States of America
Polish Oregon
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
Portuguese Oregon, Oregão
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
- Oregãonorthwestern state of the United States of America
Russian Орего́н
- Орего́н (Oregón)northwestern state of the United States of America
Slovak Oregon
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
Spanish Oregón
- Oregónnorthwestern state of the United States of America
Swedish Oregon
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
Tagalog Oregon
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
Thai ออริกอน
- ออริกอน (ɔɔ-rí-gɔ̂n)northwestern state of the United States of America
Turkish Oregon
- Oregonnorthwestern state of the United States of America
Ukrainian Орего́н
- Орего́н (Orehón)northwestern state of the United States of America
Yiddish אָרעגאָן
- אָרעגאָן (oregon)northwestern state of the United States of America
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Oregon
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Anagrams
Cite this entry
Oregon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oregon
“Oregon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oregon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Oregon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oregon.
Source: Oregon on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.