Willamette ( ), from the
Clackamas language of the Columbia River, Oregon, can refer to:
A toponym of the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
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Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
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Willamette River
The Willamette River ( ) is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow. The Willamette's main stem is long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Flowing northward b ...
, a tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon
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Willamette Valley
The Willamette Valley ( ) is a long valley in Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Willamette River flows the entire length of the valley and is surrounded by mountains on three sides: the Cascade Range to the eas ...
, a region in northwest Oregon that surrounds the Willamette River
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Willamette Valley AVA
The Willamette Valley AVA ( ) is an American Viticultural Area which lies in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The AVA is the wine growing region which encompasses the drainage basin of the Willamette River. It stretches from the Columbia Rive ...
, Oregon wine region
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Willamette Valley (ecoregion)
The Willamette Valley ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. Slightly larger than the Willamette Valley for which it is named, the ecoregi ...
, an area that includes the Willamette Valley and adjacent parts of Washington
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Willamette, Oregon, an unincorporated community that is now part of West Linn
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Willamette National Forest
The Willamette National Forest is a National Forest located in the central portion of the Cascade Range of the U.S. state of Oregon.
It comprises . Over 380,000 acres (694 mi2, 1,540 km2) are designated wilderness which include seve ...
, a National Forest in western Oregon
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Willamette Falls
The Willamette Falls is a natural waterfall on the Willamette River between Oregon City, Oregon, Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon, in the United States. It is the largest waterfall in the Northwestern United States by volume, and the seventeen ...
, a natural waterfall on the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn
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Willamette Meteorite, a meteorite that was discovered in Oregon
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Willamette Pass Resort, a ski area in the Cascade Range of Oregon
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Willamette Stone
The Willamette Stone was a small stone obelisk originally installed by the Department of Interior in 1885 in the western hills of Portland, Oregon in the United States to mark the intersection and origin of the Willamette meridian and Willamet ...
, survey marker in Oregon
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Willamette Cattle Company
The Willamette Cattle Company was formed in 1837 by pioneers in the Willamette Valley of present-day Oregon, United States. The company was formed with the express purpose of purchasing cattle in Mexican California. Nearly 750 head of cattle and ...
, a company formed in Oregon in 1837 to buy cattle in California
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Willamette University
Willamette University is a private liberal arts college with locations in Salem and Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest college in the Western United States. Originally named the Oregon Institute, the school was an unaffiliated ...
, a private institution of higher learning located in Salem
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Willamette Hall
Willamette Hall is a building on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon. Opened in 1990, it is home to the university's Physics
Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion a ...
, a building on the University of Oregon campus
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Willamette High School
Willamette High School, or "Wil-Hi", is located in the Bethel-Danebo area of West Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is one of two high schools in the Bethel School District along with Kalapuya High School.
History
Willamette High School firs ...
, a high school in Eugene
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Willamette Trading Post
The Willamette Trading Post or Willamette Fur Post was a fur trade facility owned by the North West Company established near the Willamette River in what would become the French Prairie in Oregon Country. Established around 1813 in what is now the ...
, a 19th-century fur trading post
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Willamette Industries
Willamette Industries, Inc. was a Fortune 500 forest products company based in Portland, Oregon, United States.[Willamette locomotive
The Willamette locomotive was a geared steam locomotive of the Shay locomotive type, built by the Willamette Iron and Steel Works of Portland, Oregon. After key patents on the Shay locomotive had expired, it was possible for other manufacture ...]
, a type of steam locomotive formerly used in the logging and mining industries
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Willamette, the code-name for the first core used in the Intel Pentium 4 microprocessor
* Willamette, Colorado, a fictional setting in the video game ''
Dead Rising
is a series of action-adventure games created by Keiji Inafune. It was originally developed by Capcom until Capcom Vancouver took over developing the franchise. As of March 31, 2022, the game series has sold 15 million units worldwide and is ...
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* , several United States Navy ships
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Willamette'', American steamer
* Willamette Hops, used in the brewing of beer, see
List of hop varieties
This is a list of varieties of hop (''Humulus lupulus'').
As there are male and female plants, the flowers (cones) of the female plant are fertilized by the pollen of the male flowers with the result that the female flowers form seeds. These s ...
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Wilmette, Illinois
Wilmette is a village in New Trier Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Bordering Lake Michigan and Evanston, Illinois, it is located north of Chicago's downtown district. Wilmette had a population of 27,087 at the 2010 census. The ...
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