Willamette

Willamette (Template:IPAc-en ) is an anglicized version of the Chinook term for the Columbia River. It 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 (ecoregion), an area 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
• Willamette Trading Post, a 19th-century fur trading post
• Willamette Riverkeeper, a non-profit organization involved in environmental activism

Other

• Willamette Industries, a former Fortune 500 company purchased by Weyerhauser
• Willamette locomotive, a type of steam locomotive formerly used in the logging and mining industries
• Intel 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
• , several United States Navy ships
• Willamette, American steamer
• Willamette Hops, used in the brewing of beer, see List of hop varieties

See also

• Wilmette, Illinois