Gore

See also: gore, góré, göre, gøre, górę, and Göre

English

Etymology

From any of various places named Gore, from gore (“a triangular piece of land where roads meet”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡɔːɹ/

Proper noun

Gore

1. A surname.

   Al Gore was the 45th Vice-President of the United States.

2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A place name:
   1. A town in eastern Southland, New Zealand, situated on the Mataura River and named after Thomas Gore Browne.
   2. A small town in Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia, named after St George Richard Gore.
   3. Gore Water, a minor tributary in Scotland which flows through Gorebridge to the River South Esk.
   4. A rural community of Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after Charles Stephen Gore.
   5. A township municipality in Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, named after Francis Gore.
   6. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Chattooga County, Georgia.
      2. A township in Huron County, Michigan.
      3. An unincorporated community in Warren County, Missouri.
      4. An unincorporated community in Hocking County, Ohio.
      5. A town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, named after Thomas Gore.
      6. An unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia.

Translations

surname

• Armenian: Գոր (Gor)
• Russian: Гор (ru) (Gor)

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gore”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66.

Anagrams

• Geor., Gero, Ogre, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, ogre, orge, rego, roge

Romanian

Etymology

Clipping of Grigore.

Proper noun

Gore m

1. a male given name
2. a surname