Gore may refer to:

Places

Australia

Gore, Queensland Gore is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Gore had a population of 36 people. Geography The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality from the east ( Karara) to the south- ...

Gore Creek (New South Wales) Gore Creek, an urban watercourse that is part of the Parramatta River catchment, is located in Northern Suburbs region of Sydney, Australia. Course and features Gore Creek rises in the suburb of Lane Cove on the western side of the Pacific H ...

* Gore Island (Queensland)

Canada

* Gore, Nova Scotia, a rural community * Gore, Quebec, a township municipality * Gore Bay, Ontario, a township on Manitoulin Island

United Kingdom

Gore Hundred Gore was a hundred of the historic county of Middlesex, England. The hundred's name means 'piece of ground shaped like the head of a spear/triangle'. Scope and importance It covered an area in the north of the county, in present London Borough ...

, a historic subdivision of Middlesex *

Kensington Gore Kensington Gore is the name of a U-shaped thoroughfare on the south side of Hyde Park in central London, England. The streets connect the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal College of Art, the Royal Geographical Society, and in Kensington Ga ...

, a street in Kensington, West London **

Gore House Gore House, built in the 1750s, with its grounds was in Middlesex, England in a large exclave of St Margaret Westminster, Kensington Gore. Until its west wing soon became Grove House it was set apart from the east end of a row of 18th-century h ...

, on Kensington Gore

United States

Gore, Georgia Gore is an unincorporated community in Chattooga County Chattooga County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,965. According to the World Population Review, a ...

, an unincorporated community *

Gore, Missouri Gore is an unincorporated community in southwest Warren County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community lies on the north edge of the Missouri River Valley. Missouri Route 94 passes just north of the community and the Katy Trail passes t ...

, an unincorporated community *

Gore, Ohio Gore is an unincorporated community in Hocking County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. History Old variant names of Gore include Hamlin, New Gore and Burgessville. Burgessville was first to be laid out, in January 1871. Hamlin was laid out in Februar ...

, an unincorporated community * Gore, Oklahoma, a town * Gore, Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Gore Canyon Gore Canyon, elevation , is a short isolated canyon on the upper Colorado River in southwestern Grand County, Colorado in the United States. Steep and rugged, the approximately 3 mile (5 km) long gorge was carved by the river as it pass ...

, Colorado *

Gore Creek (Colorado) Gore Creek is a tributary of the Eagle River, approximately long, in Eagle County, Colorado, United States, Description The river drains an area of the Rocky Mountains at the south end of the Gore Range through Gore Valley. It rises on the Ea ...

* Gore Mountain (New York) *

Gore Mountain (Vermont) Gore Mountain is a mountain located in the uninhabited Avery's Gore in Essex County, Vermont, about 6 miles (10 km) south of the Canada–US border with Quebec. In Vermont, gores and grants are unincorporated portions of a county wh ...

* Gore Range, Colorado * Goretown, South Carolina, an unincorporated community * Junction City, Kentucky, formerly known as Gore *"The Gore", southeast Indiana, a nickname for part of the former Northwest Territory ceded from Ohio to Indiana in 1803, originally

Dearborn County Dearborn County is one of 92 counties of the U.S. state of Indiana located on the Ohio border near the southeast corner of the state. It was formed in 1803 from a portion of Hamilton County, Ohio. In 2020, the population was 50,679. The county ...

Gore Township, Michigan Gore Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 139 at the 2000 census. Gore is a small, wedge-shaped township, consisting of only four full sections and six partial sections on the shore of L ...

Elsewhere

Gorë Gorë is a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is locat ...

, a former municipality in Korçë County, Albania *

Goré, Chad Goré ( ar, غوري) is a town and the capital of the La Nya Pendé in Chad's Logone Oriental Region. Near Goré, the refugee camps of Amboko, Gondjé, and Dosseye along the Pendé River have been home to refugees from the Central African Repub ...

, a town **

Roman Catholic Diocese of Goré The Roman Catholic Diocese of Goré ( la, Goren(sis)) is a diocese in Goré in the Ecclesiastical province of N'Djamena in Chad. History * November 28, 1998: Established as Diocese of Goré from the Diocese of Doba and Diocese of Moundou Leade ...

, Chad *

Gore District, Upper Canada The Gore District was a historic district in Upper Canada which existed until 1849. It was formed in 1816 from parts of York County in the Home District The Home District was one of four districts of the Province of Quebec created in 1788 in t ...

, an historical district of Upper Canada, now the province of Ontario, Canada *

Gore District, New Zealand Gore District is a district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand. Geography The Gore District is located in the south of the South Island. The two neighbouring districts are Southland in the west and Clutha in the east. ...

, a district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand **

Gore, New Zealand Gore ( mi, Maruawai) is a town and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand. Geography The town of Gore is located on State Highway 1 64 kilometres northeast of Invercargill and 70 km west of Balclutha &nda ...

, a town *

Gore, Ethiopia Gore ( om, Goree) is a town in south-western Ethiopia. Located south of Metu in the Illubabor Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 2085 meters. Gore is known for its honey. The map attached ...

, a town *

Gore Island (Baja California) Gore Island, or Isla Gore, is an island in the Colorado River Delta within the state of Baja California, Mexico. It lies between two dis-tributary channels east of the main channel of the Colorado River and Montague Island that flow southeastwa ...

, Mexico

People

Gore (surname) Gore is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: People with the surname A-E *Al Gore (born 1948), American politician, US Vice President, author, and environmental activist * Albert Gore Sr. (1907–1998), American lawyer and politic ...

, including a list of notable people with the surname * Al Gore (born 1948), American politician and environmentalist * Gore, family name of the

Earls of Arran Earl of Arran may refer to: * Earl of Arran (Scotland), a title in the Peerage of Scotland *Earl of Arran (Ireland) Earl of Arran is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It is not to be confused with the title Earl of Arran in the Peerage of Sc ...

in the Peerage of Ireland *

Gore baronets There have been three baronetcies created for members of the Gore family, all in the Baronetage of Ireland. All three titles are extant. The family also holds two earldoms and a barony. Gore baronets of Magherabegg (1622) The Gore Baronetcy, ...

, in the Baronetage of Ireland * Gregor

Gore Verbinski Gregor Justin "Gore" Verbinski (born March 16, 1964) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and musician. He is best known for directing '' The Ring'', the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films, and '' Rango''. He won the Academy Awar ...

(born 1964), American film director, screenwriter, producer and musician *

Gore Vidal Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, erudition, and patrician manner. Vidal was bisexual, and in his novels and e ...

(1925–2012), American writer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional places

*Gore, a mythical place mentioned in the Arthurian legend, ruled by King Urien and probably based on the historical kingdom of

Rheged Rheged () was one of the kingdoms of the ''Hen Ogledd'' ("Old North"), the Brittonic-speaking region of what is now Northern England and southern Scotland, during the post-Roman era and Early Middle Ages. It is recorded in several poetic and ...

* The Gore, a fictional place in J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings''

Music

Gore (band) Gore was a Dutch rock band formed in 1985. They released five studio albums, one live album, one EP, two compilation albums with live material, demo recordings and remixes and had two compilation appearances between 1986 and 1997. They split up i ...

, a Dutch rock band formed in 1985 * ''Gore'' (album), 2016 album by Deftones, or the title track * ''Gore'' (2020 album), 2020 album by Lous and the Yakuza * "Gore", a song by Trippie Redd from his 2018 album '' Life's a Trip''

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Gore'' (film), a cancelled biographical film about Gore Vidal * '' Gore: Ultimate Soldier'', a 2002 first-person shooter video game * ''The Unseen'' (novel), a horror-mystery novel by Joseph Citro, also known as ''The Gore'' *

Splatter film A splatter film is a subgenre of horror films that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, usually through the use of special effects, display a fascination with the vulnerability of the human body a ...

, a horror genre also known as "gore film" *Gore, colloquial term for recordings of

graphic violence Graphic violence refers to the depiction of especially vivid, brutal and realistic acts of violence in visual media such as film, television, and video games. It may be real, simulated live action, or animated. Intended limitedly for mature ...

Textiles

* Gore (fabrics), a triangular piece of cloth used in dress making or hat making *

Gore-Tex Gore-Tex is a waterproof, breathable fabric membrane and registered trademark of W. L. Gore & Associates. Invented in 1969, Gore-Tex can repel liquid water while allowing water vapor to pass through and is designed to be a lightweight, waterpr ...

, a fabric made by W. L. Gore and Associates * W. L. Gore and Associates, maker of Gore-Tex fabrics and other industrial products

Other uses

* Gore (heraldry), a roughly triangular charge upon a shield in a coat of arms * Gore (road), a narrow, triangular area of land often found at road merges and diverges * Gore (segment), an (often triangular) sector of a curved surface as used to make globes and balloons *

Gore (surveying) A gore is an irregular parcel of land, as small as a triangle of median in a street intersection or as large as an unincorporated area the size of a township. In old English law, a gore was a small, narrow strip of land. In modern land law an ...

, a narrow usually triangular strip of land * , a British frigate which served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946 * Striking spear, or The Gore, a wrestling attack move used by Rhyno