Spanish name of a State of the Union (United States), whose capital is Salem (English er Oregon, without tilde). Name of a North American territory ranging from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast. Name of a battleship of the United States Navy. Name of American cities in the states of Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin. Name of counties in the states of Missouri and Wisconsin. Name of a river in Spain, tributary of Jabalón (Royal City). The place-name can be derived from oregano (the origanum vulgare plant, from the Family Lamiaceae), which abounds in the area, but there are versions that originate in Hurricane, taino god of storms or even of ear.
One of 50 U.S. states located to the west on the Pacific line below Washintong and above that of California. The name would derive from our oregano, abundant plant in the south. The place name also exists in Spain in the region of Montiel. The Arroyo del Oregon is a tributary of the Jabalón and east of the Guadiana. Others would derive it from orejón, a place-name assigned perhaps by the conquerors. And even there are those who advocate the French ouragan, derived from our hurricane, a term that the Spaniards took from the taino, for the presence of hurricane winds in the Pacific area.
