Eugene
[ yoo-jeen or for 2, yoo-jeen ]
/ yuˈdʒin or for 2, ˈyu dʒin /
noun
a city in W Oregon.
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “wellborn.”
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Eugène
[ œ-zhen ]
/ œˈʒɛn /
noun
PrinceFrançois Eugène de Savoie-Carignan, 1663–1736, Austrian general, born in France.
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Eugenius I
or Eu·gene I
[ yoo-jee-nee-uh s, -jeen-yuh s or yoo-jeen ]
/ yuˈdʒi ni əs, -ˈdʒin yəs or ˈyu dʒin /
noun
Saint,died a.d. 657, pope 654–657.
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Eugenius II
or Eugene II
noun
died a.d. 827, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 824–827.
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Eugenius III
or Eugene III
noun
Bernardo Pignatelli or Paganelli, died 1153, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1145–53.
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Eugenius IV
or Eugene IV
noun
Gabriele or Gabriel Condolmieri or Condulmer, 1383–1447, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1431–47.
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Eugène
/ (French øʒɛn) /
noun
Prince, title of François Eugène de Savoie-Carignan. 1663–1736, Austrian general, born in France: with Marlborough defeated the French at Blenheim (1704), Oudenaarde (1708), and Malplaquet (1709)
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