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Oregonian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɒɹɪˈɡəʊnɪ.ən/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Oregon Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Oregonian From Oregon + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to Oregon.
    • His insistence on wearing thick wool scarves, even in the summertime, derived from his uniquely Oregonian sense of fashion.
    • But she sympathized most on the issue of government representation of the rural Oregonian region. 2023 March 15, Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, “Partisan rancor in Oregon spills over into Idaho effort to absorb its rural neighbors”, in CNN:

Translations (2)

fr orégonien (of or pertaining to Oregon) · fr orégonais (of or pertaining to Oregon)

Oregonian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɒɹɪˈɡəʊnɪ.ən/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Oregon Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Oregonian From Oregon + -ian.

Meanings

  1. A native or resident of the state of Oregon in the United States of America.
    • The problems between where he currently lives and his old city, he said, begin with rural Oregonians living fundamentally different lifestyles than people in the city of Portland. 2023 March 15, Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, “Partisan rancor in Oregon spills over into Idaho effort to absorb its rural neighbors”, in CNN:
    • Born and raised in Salem, he was admittedly an Oregonian through and through, though he secretly hated it.

Forms

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Hypernyms

American

Translations (3)

fr Orégonais (inhabitant or native of Oregon) · fr Orégonien (inhabitant or native of Oregon) · ka ორეგონელი (inhabitant or native of Oregon)