Gore may refer to:
Places
Australia
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Gore, Queensland
Gore is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), 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 f ...
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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 Hig ...
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Gore Island (Queensland)
Gore Island is an island about 1 km southeast of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200 km northeast of Kutini-Payamu National Park and Lockhart River in the Cape York ...
Canada
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Gore, Nova Scotia
Gore is a rural Canadian community in central Hants County, Nova Scotia. It is located just 25 minutes from Elmsdale; 30 minutes from Halifax Stanfield International Airport; and 45 minutes from Truro. It was named after Sir Charles Stephen Gore. ...
, a rural community
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Gore, Quebec
Gore is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. Its main community is Lakefield.
Geography
Located in the Laurentian Mountains, the township consists of rugged Ca ...
, a township municipality
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Gore Bay, Ontario
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Gore Bay became a town on April 7, 1890, on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. Located on Gore Bay, a bay of Lake Huron's North Channel, it is one of the two incorporated towns of Manitoulin District, of which it is the administrative and g ...
, a township on Manitoulin Island
United Kingdom
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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
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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 Garde ...
, a street in Kensington, West London
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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 ho ...
, on Kensington Gore
United States
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Gore, Georgia, an unincorporated community
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Gore, Missouri, an unincorporated community
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Gore, Ohio, an unincorporated community
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Gore, Oklahoma
Gore is a town in western Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 977 at the 2010 census, an increase of 15 percent over the figure of 850 recorde ...
, a town
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Gore, Virginia
Gore is an unincorporated community in western Frederick County, Virginia, United States, located off the Northwestern Turnpike on Gore Road (SR 751) west of Winchester. The community is nestled in the Back Creek valley. It has been called "Back ...
, an unincorporated community
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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 passed ...
, Colorado
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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 ...
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Gore Mountain (New York)
Gore Mountain is a mountain located near the village of North Creek in Warren County, New York, of which its peak is the highest point. Gore is flanked to the north by South Mountain, and to the southwest by Height of Land Mountain. The mountai ...
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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 ...
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Gore Range
The Gore Range (elevation approximately 12,000 ft) is a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of north central Colorado in the United States.
Geography
The range runs for approximately 60 miles (100 km) northwest-to-southeast, through ...
, Colorado
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Goretown, South Carolina
Goretown (also Gore Town) is an unincorporated community in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. Goretown is located east of Loris
Loris is the common name for the strepsirrhine mammals of the subfamily Lorinae (sometimes spelled Loris ...
, an unincorporated community
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Junction City, Kentucky
Junction City is a home rule-class city in Boyle County on its border with Lincoln County in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Junction City's population was 2,241 at the 2010 U.S. census. It is part of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Hi ...
, 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 ...
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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 La ...
Elsewhere
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Gorë
Gorë is a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Maliq. The population at the 2011 census was 1,565. The municipal unit consists of the villa ...
, a former municipality in Korçë County, Albania
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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 Republic ...
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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
Leaders ...
, Chad
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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 and parts of the Niagara District. The district town was Hamilton.
Two new counties were cr ...
, an historical district of Upper Canada, now the province of Ontario, Canada
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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. Th ...
, a district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand
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Gore, New Zealand
Gore ( mi, Maruawai) is a town and Gore District, New Zealand, district in the Southland Region, Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.
Geography
The town of Gore is located on State Highway 1 (New Zealand), State Highway 1 64&nbs ...
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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 t ...
, a town
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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 southeastwar ...
, Mexico
People
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Gore (surname), including a list of notable people with the surname
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Al Gore
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic Part ...
(born 1948), American politician and environmentalist
* Gore, family name of the
Earls of Arran Earl of Arran may refer to:
*Earl of Arran (Scotland)
Earl of Arran is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It is not to be confused with the title Earl of Arran in the Peerage of Ireland. The two titles refer to different places: the Isle of A ...
in the Peerage of Ireland
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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 (2002 film), The Ring'', the ''Pirates of the Caribbean (film series), Pirates of t ...
(born 1964), American film director, screenwriter, producer and musician
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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 ...
(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 ba ...
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The Gore, a fictional place in J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings''
Music
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Gore (band), a Dutch rock band formed in 1985
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''Gore'' (album), 2016 album by Deftones, or the title track
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''Gore'' (2020 album), 2020 album by Lous and the Yakuza
* "Gore", a song by Trippie Redd from his 2018 album ''
Life's a Trip
''Life's a Trip'' (stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by American rapper Trippie Redd. It was released on August 10, 2018, by TenThousand Projects and Caroline Distribution. The album features guest appearances from Diplo, Young Thug, ...
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Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
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''Gore'' (film), a cancelled biographical film about Gore Vidal
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Gore: Ultimate Soldier'', a 2002 first-person shooter video game
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''The Unseen'' (novel), a horror-mystery novel by Joseph Citro, also known as ''The Gore''
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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
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Gore (fabrics)
In clothing and similar applications, a gore is a triangular or trapezoidal piece of a textile as might be used in shaping a garment to fit contours of the body.
The word is derived from Old English '' gār'', meaning spear. In the course of time ...
, a triangular piece of cloth used in dress making or hat making
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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
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W. L. Gore and Associates
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. is an American multinational manufacturing company specializing in products derived from fluoropolymers. It is a privately held corporation headquartered in Newark, Delaware. It is best known as the developer of wat ...
, maker of Gore-Tex fabrics and other industrial products
Other uses
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Gore (heraldry)
In heraldry a gore is a charge formed by two inwardly curved lines starting from the dexter chief (for the view, the upper left) corner and the middle base point and meeting in the fess point (lower center).
The same charge upon the sinister ...
, a roughly triangular charge upon a shield in a coat of arms
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Gore (road)
In road and highway construction a gore (or nose in modern British English) is a triangular plot of land (as designated when a road forks when intersecting a second road, or merges on and off from a larger one). A "virtual" (or "theoretical") ...
, a narrow, triangular area of land often found at road merges and diverges
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Gore (segment)
A gore is a sector of a curved surface or the curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe and may be flattened to a plane surface with little distortion. The term has been extended to include similarly shaped piec ...
, an (often triangular) sector of a curved surface as used to make globes and balloons
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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
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Striking spear, or The Gore, a wrestling attack move used by Rhyno
See also
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Goar (disambiguation)
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Gor (disambiguation)
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Goring (disambiguation)
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Gorr (disambiguation)
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