Oregonian
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɒɹɪˈɡəʊnɪ.ən/
- Rhymes: -əʊniən
Noun
Oregonian (plural Oregonians)
- A native or resident of the state of Oregon in the United States of America.
- Born and raised in Salem, he was admittedly an Oregonian through and through, though he secretly hated it.
- 2023 March 15, Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, “Partisan rancor in Oregon spills over into Idaho effort to absorb its rural neighbors”, in CNN[1]:
- 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.
Hypernyms
Translations
inhabitant or native of Oregon
Adjective
Oregonian (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.
Translations
of or pertaining to Oregon
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