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Or·egon (ôr′i gən, är′-; also, but not locally, -gän′)

NW coastal state of the U.S.: admitted, 1859; 95,997 sq mi (248,631 sq km); pop. 3,421,000; cap. Salem: abbrev. OR, Ore, or Oreg

Etymology: prob. < AmInd ouragan (lit., birch-bark dish), native name of the Columbia (River)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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