Eugene
noun
a city in W Oregon.
Eugene
1 American
[yoo-jeen, yoo-jeen]
/ juˈdʒin, ˈju dʒin /
noun
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a city in W Oregon.
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a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “wellborn.”
Eugène
2
American
[œ -zhen]
/ œˈʒɛn /
noun
Eugène
British
/ øʒɛn /
noun
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But once the four-star Gardena Serra product made it to Oregon for his first year of college football, he struggled to adapt and get situated in Eugene, Ore., — he needed another older brother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Last year, he talked about his ambitions to modernise the monarchy in a conversation with comedian Eugene Levy on Apple TV.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
I’m on the phone with Eugene Fama, 87, the University of Chicago economics professor and Nobel laureate, and I think I’m testing his patience.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Last month, the new rules helped a group of emergency physicians in Eugene block an out-of-state staffing company from replacing them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
So I was pretty surprised, along with everybody else, to learn that Eugene had a hidden talent that he would perform at the talent show.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
Eugène Ionesco’s “Exit the King,” now in revival at A Noise Within under the direction of Michael Michetti, revolves around a centuries-old king whose health is in as dire a state as his kingdom.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
According to the gallery, Riley's inspiration for the exhibition title came from a letter from Claude Monet to fellow French painter Eugène Boudin.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Morisot, who married Manet’s younger brother Eugène in December 1874, decided to join forces with the Impressionists, whose first exhibition opened in April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
The rooster’s installation, crowning a spire reconstructed from Eugène Viollet-le-Duc’s 19th-century design, is a poignant reminder of its medieval origins as a symbol of hope and faith.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2023
I am called de Cartienne—the Count Eugène de Cartienne—but I do not use the title in this country.”
From Mr. Marx's Secret by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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