Oregonian

English

Etymology

From Oregon +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒɹɪˈɡəʊnɪ.ən/
• Rhymes: -əʊniən

Noun

Oregonian (plural Oregonians)

1. 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

• American

Translations

inhabitant or native of Oregon

• French: Orégonais (fr) m, Orégonien (fr) m (rare)

Adjective

Oregonian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Oregon.

   His insistence on wearing thick wool scarves, even in the summertime, derived from his uniquely Oregonian sense of fashion.

   • 2023 March 15, Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, “Partisan rancor in Oregon spills over into Idaho effort to absorb its rural neighbors”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     But she sympathized most on the issue of government representation of the rural Oregonian region.

Translations

of or pertaining to Oregon

• French: orégonais (fr), orégonien (rare)