Oroville
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The town in California was originally called Ophir City, but the name was changed to Oroville when the first post office opened in 1854, from Spanish oro (“gold”) + -ville.
Proper noun[edit]
Oroville
- A city, the county seat of Butte County, California, United States.
- A city in Okanogan County, in north-central Washington, United States.
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- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms suffixed with -ville
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in California, USA
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- en:Places in California, USA
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- en:Cities in Washington, USA
- en:Places in Washington, USA