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John E. Rees in a 1920 article for the Oregon Historical Quarterly also ascribed the first use to Jonathan Carver, but hypothesized that the word derived from two Shoshone words, Ogwa (river) and Pe-On (west) which Carver had heard on his visits to Sioux Indians (where the Sioux pronounced gwa as an r). In other words, the word "Oregon" would mean something like "River of the West" in Shoshone.
The word was first found in the reports of René-Robert Cavelier de la Salle’s exploration of the Mississippi River in 1682 and on a map two years later. In the language of the Mohegans, who were part of la Salle’s expedition, Olighin would be pronounced wiegon or wauregan , and Rogers may have heard the word wauregan decades later.
Apr 27, 2022 · The history of the name 'Oregon' dates back to at least the mid-1700s, but what it means or where it originated has been debated for years.
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William G. Steel, first president of the Oregon Geographic Council, believed that Oregon came from Oyer-un-gon, a word from the Shoshone language meaning ‘place of abundance.’ Bishop Blanchet, from the Catholic missions in Washington and Oregon, argued that Oregon came from the Spanish word orejón [2] because the Spaniards considered the Indians’ ears abnormally large.
Oregon. 1765 as the name of a large river in the west of North America, probably the modern Columbia; a word of uncertain and disputed origin. It seems to be of Algonquian origin. In the U.S. it came to be applied to the northwest generally. From 1848 as the name of a U.S. territory, admitted as a state 1859.
Where does the noun Oregon come from? Earliest known use. 1840s ... Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into Oregon, n. in July 2023.
asked to-day about "Oregon" they point to the west and say, "Pe-on-nah." This is undoubtedly the etymology of the word "Oregon" and its Shoshoni origin and meaning, The River of the West. The Snake River valley, in Idaho, was the principal habitat of the Shoshonis at the time the white man came in contact with them.
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