Gore
proper nounattested in dialogue
- United States//ɡɔːɹ//
A surname.
proper noun
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A surname.
Al Gore was the 45th Vice-President of the United States.
This means Gore will have to stop dancing away from the question as if the pardon decision were somehow shared with the pardonee.
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A place name: A town in eastern Southland, New Zealand, situated on the Mataura River and named after Thomas Gore Browne.
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A place name: A town in eastern Southland, New Zealand, situated on the Mataura River and named after Thomas Gore Browne. A territorial authority in Southland, New Zealand, that includes the town; in full, Gore District.
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A place name: A small town in Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia, named after St George Richard Gore.
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A place name: Gore Water, a minor tributary in Scotland which flows through Gorebridge to the River South Esk.
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A place name: A rural community in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after Charles Stephen Gore.
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A place name: A township municipality in Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, named after Francis Gore.
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A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Chattooga County, Georgia.
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A place name: A number of places in the United States: A township in Huron County, Michigan.
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A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Warren County, Missouri.
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A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hocking County, Ohio.
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A place name: A number of places in the United States: A town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, named after Thomas Gore.
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A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia.
Etymology
From any of various places named Gore, from gore (“a triangular piece of land where roads meet”).