HOW TO PRONOUNCE
oregon
/ˈɔɹəɡən/
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Stress the first syllable.
Keep the last two vowels light. Some speakers use a fuller vowel in the ending.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“She moved to Oregon after college.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does oregon mean?
proper noun
- A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Salem. Largest city: Portland.
- A ghost town in Boone County, Arkansas.
- A small city, the county seat of Ogle County, Illinois.
More meanings (11)
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
- A minor city, the county seat of Holt County, Missouri.
- A city in Lucas County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- A ghost town in Wilson County, Tennessee.
- A town and village in Dane County, Wisconsin.
- A community in Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A barangay of Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental, Philippines.
- Ellipsis of University of Oregon.
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɔɹəɡən/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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They had permitted the Oregon Trail, but now to their astonishment forts were built and garrisoned in their territory.
A scramble along the Oregon sea bluffs proves as richly exciting to lovers of wild beauty as heart could wish.
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The frame is made entirely of a selected grade of Oregon spruce, finished down to a smooth surface and varnished.
Along the Oregon coast, small-scale market gardeners will thinly spread shrimp or crab waste atop a field and promptly till it in.
Recent reports speak of a child born in Portland, Oregon, which had a median rudimentary eye between two normal eyes.