Oregon Name Of The State

The origin of the name "Oregon" is unknown. One account, advanced by George R. Stewart in a 1944 article in American Speech, was endorsed as the "most plausible explanation" in the book Oregon Geographic Names. According to Stewart, the name came from an engraver's error in a French map published in the early 1700s, on which the Ouisiconsink (Wisconsin) River was spelled "Ouaricon-sint", broken on two lines with the -sint below, so that there appeared to be a river flowing to the west named "Ouaricon".

The pronunciation of the name "Oregon" is a matter of local pride; Oregonians (pronounced or-i-GO-nee-inz[9]) pronounce the name as ???.??.g?n/ (see also: IPA), and revel in "correcting" those from elsewhere, who often emphasize the third syllable.[10][11]