Eugene

[yoo-jeen or, for 2, yoo-jeen] Origin

Eu·gene

[yoo-jeen or, for 2, yoo-jeen]
noun
1.
a city in W Oregon. 105,624.
2.
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “wellborn.”
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Eu·gène

[œ-zhen]
noun
Prince (François Eugène de Savoie-Carignan), 1663–1736, Austrian general, born in France.

Eugene I

noun

Eugene II

Eugene III

Eugene IV

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Eugene
male proper name, from Fr. Eugène, from L. Eugenius, from Gk. Eugenios, from eugenes "well-born" (see eugenics).
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