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WILLAMETTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Willamette mean?
• WILLAMETTE (noun)
The noun WILLAMETTE has 1 sense:
1. a river in western Oregon that flows north into the Columbia River near Portland
Familiarity information: WILLAMETTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A river in western Oregon that flows north into the Columbia River near Portland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Willamette; Willamette River
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Willamette" is a part of...):
Beaver State; OR; Ore.; Oregon (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)
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