OREGON
Dictionary entry overview: What does Oregon mean?
• OREGON (noun)
The noun OREGON has 1 sense:
1. a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
Familiarity information: OREGON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OREGON (noun)
Meaning:
A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Beaver State; OR; Oregon
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Oregon"):
Crater Lake National Park (a national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano)
Snake; Snake River (a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition)
Klamath; Klamath River (a river flowing southwest from Oregon through northern California to the Pacific Ocean)
capital of Oregon; Salem (capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River)
Portland (freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains)
Medford (a town in southwestern Oregon; a summer resort)
Klamath Falls (a town in southern Oregon near the California border)
Eugene (a city in eastern Oregon on the Willamette River; site of a university)
Bend (a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range)
Willamette; Willamette River (a river in western Oregon that flows north into the Columbia River near Portland)
Holonyms ("Oregon" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
