Eugene

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

noun
  1. a city in W Oregon.

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

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Eugène
[ œ-zhen ]

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

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Eugène

/ (French 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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