Eugène

/ue zhen"/, n.

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

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City (pop., 2000: 137,893), western Oregon, U.S. Located on the Willamette River, it was settled by Eugene Skinner in 1846.

Named Eugene City in 1853, it grew as an agricultural and lumber centre with the arrival of the railroad in 1870. It is the site of the University of Oregon (founded 1872) and Northwest Christian College (1895). It is a tourist centre for the MacKenzie River recreational area and Willamette National Forest.

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(as used in expressions)

Aldrin Edwin Eugene Jr.

Debs Eugene Victor

Edgerton Harold Eugene

Eugene of Savoy

Louis Eugene Walcott

Genovese Eugene Dominick

Eugene Alden Hackman

Eugene Curran Kelly

Roger Eugene Maris

McCarthy Eugene Joseph

O'Neill Eugene Gladstone

Opie Eugene Lindsay

Ormandy Eugene

Harold Eugene Roach

Eugene Wesley Roddenberry

Eugene Saraceni

Smith William Eugene

Nathan Eugene Toomer

Eugene Luther Vidal

Wigner Eugene Paul

Wilson Lanford Eugene

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▪ Oregon, United States

      city, seat (1853) of Lane county, western Oregon, U.S., on the Willamette River, adjoining Springfield to the east. The area around what became Eugene was inhabited for several centuries by Kalapuya Indians. Settled by Eugene Skinner in 1846, the city was laid out on Willamette bottomland in 1852. The town site was relocated and named Eugene City in 1853. The arrival of the Oregon and California (now Southern Pacific) Railroad (Southern Pacific Railroad) in 1871 stimulated Eugene's growth as an agricultural and lumber centre. The University of Oregon (Oregon, University of) was founded there in 1872, followed by Northwest Christian College in 1895 and Lane Community College in 1965.

      A lumber-plywood economy that relies heavily on the city's educational institutions prevails and is augmented by food processing and light manufacturing. Eugene is a tourist centre for the MacKenzie River recreational area and Willamette National Forest, headquartered in the city. The Oregon Bach Festival has been held annually in the city since 1970. A bohemian district of bookstores, cafés, and art galleries surrounding the University of Oregon campus attracts many visitors. Tie-dyed clothing and alternative lifestyles are not uncommon in the city. A unique combination of county fair, renaissance fair, outdoor music festival, and environmental school, the annual Oregon Country Fair, established 1969, is held in Veneta, 13 miles (21 km) east of Eugene. Inc. 1862. Pop. (2000) city, 137,893; Eugene-Springfield MSA, 322,959; (2006 est.) city, 146,356; Eugene-Springfield MSA, 340,090.

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