Willamette

//wɪˈlæmɪt// name

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  1. 1
    A river in Oregon, United States, a major tributary of the Columbia River.

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willamette river

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"The largest single meteorite found in the United States is the fifteen ton Willamette (Oregon) iron meteorite found in 1902."

Etymology

From a French adaptation of the name of a Clackamas village on the river. The Clackamas spoke a Wasco-Wishram dialect.

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