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  • Eugene
    Eugene
    noun
    a city in W Oregon.
  • Eugène
    Eugène
    noun
    Prince François Eugène de Savoie-Carignan, 1663–1736, Austrian general, born in France.

Eugene

1 American  
[yoo-jeen, yoo-jeen] / yuˈdʒin, ˈyu dʒin /

noun

  1. a city in W Oregon.

  2. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “wellborn.”

Eugène 2 American  
[œ-zhen] / œˈʒɛn /

noun

  1. Prince François Eugène de Savoie-Carignan, 1663–1736, Austrian general, born in France.

Eugène British  
/ øʒɛn /

noun

  1. 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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The first Bananas broadcast on ABC will take place at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., June 27 and 28.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Eugene Levert, chain-smoking next to a stack of books while wearing a vertical blue-striped button-down and khaki slacks, looked the scholarly mirror of Doug Lamplugh, in a horizontal blue-striped polo and khaki shorts.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

“We’re self-sufficient,” said Eugene Kim, research director for Americas gas at Wood Mackenzie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Eugene Ludwig is chair of the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity and former U.S. comptroller of the currency.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

But when Eugene Hammond offered to let him crank the automobile with his good hand, Charlie caved in.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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