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ORE.
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
Synonyms:
Beaver State; OR; Ore.; Oregon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Ore."):
Pacific Northwest (a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia)
Crater Lake National Park (a national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano)
Bend (a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range)
Eugene (a city in western Oregon on the Willamette River; site of a university)
Klamath Falls (a town in southern Oregon near the California border)
Medford (a town in southwestern Oregon; a summer resort)
Portland (freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains)
capital of Oregon; Salem (capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River)
Klamath; Klamath River (a river flowing southwest from Oregon through northern California to the Pacific Ocean)
Snake; Snake River (a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition)
Willamette; Willamette River (a river in western Oregon that flows north into the Columbia River near Portland)
Holonyms ("Ore." is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
