tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581604487566450665.post3372745368804512216..comments2023-10-18T04:26:55.927-07:00Comments on Boondock Babble: Oregon: What's In A Name?Boondock Ma (Kim's Mom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12913040101512312836noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581604487566450665.post-40537826701898139192008-09-26T22:37:00.000-07:002008-09-26T22:37:00.000-07:00Thank you for your comment! I do remember reading ...Thank you for your comment! I do remember reading somewhere that Ouragan meant stormy river, but when I went back to research it futher I couldn't find that reference again. I never thought of the similarity in the name Aurora. Now you have me wanting to delve into it all over again, and take it even further! Perhaps there's a clue in Aurora's history..Boondock Ma (Kim's Mom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12913040101512312836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581604487566450665.post-52663923256606854872008-09-26T20:04:00.000-07:002008-09-26T20:04:00.000-07:00I have read that Oregon meant "stormy" river as it...I have read that Oregon meant "stormy" river as it was first applied to the Columbia River. The root, if this is true, would be French and Latin. "Orage" in French means storm, and it root "aura" in Latin means windy. One of the towns in Oregan near the Columbia River is Aurora, which has this same root. I understand that the Columbia River was once called the stormy river.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581604487566450665.post-2692031769728029232008-08-31T14:50:00.000-07:002008-08-31T14:50:00.000-07:00My World Book from 1975 gives the same story of th...My World Book from 1975 gives the same story of the Columbia being called Ouragan...that's how they spelled it there...so I guess I'll go with that...I've got a 1938 version of a kids Oregon History but couldn't find anything pertinent in there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com