Willamette
Willamette (/wᵻlˈlæmᵻt/ wil-LAM-it), from the Clackamas language of the Columbia River, Oregon, can refer to:
A toponym of the U.S. state of Oregon:
- Willamette River, a tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon
- Willamette Valley, a region in northwest Oregon that surrounds the Willamette River
- Willamette Valley AVA, Oregon wine region
- Willamette Valley forests, an ecoregion that includes the Willamette Valley and adjacent parts of Washington
- Willamette, Oregon, an unincorporated community that is now part of West Linn
- Willamette National Forest, a National Forest in western Oregon
- Willamette Falls, a natural waterfall on the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn
- Willamette Meteorite, a meteorite that was discovered in Oregon
- Willamette Pass Resort, a ski area in the Cascade Range of Oregon
- Willamette Stone, survey marker in Oregon
- Willamette Cattle Company, a company formed in Oregon in 1837 to buy cattle in California
- Willamette University, a private institution of higher learning located in Salem
- Willamette Hall, a building on the University of Oregon campus
- Willamette High School, a high school in Eugene
Other
- Willamette Industries, Inc., a former Fortune 500 company purchased by Weyerhauser
- Willamette locomotive, a type of steam locomotive formerly used in the logging and mining industries
- Willamette, the codename for the first core used in the Intel Pentium 4 microprocessor
- Willamette, Colorado, the fictional setting in the Xbox 360 and Wii game Dead Rising
- USS Willamette, a US Navy fleet replenishment oiler
- Willamette Hops, used in the brewing of beer, see List of hop varieties
See also
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