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Orono

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[awr-uh-noh, ohr-] / ˈɔr əˌnoʊ, ˈoʊr- /

noun

  1. a town in S Maine.


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“They are Gopher fans for this week,” said Striggow, who played at Orono High School in the Minneapolis area.

From Washington Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Lead singer Orono Noguchi’s voice doesn’t compete with the group’s maximalist sound; instead, her dreamlike delivery grounds the music and makes the band’s insightful lyrics more meaningful.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2022

The 51-year-old male driver was critically injured, according to Orono police.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021

This week, the University of Maine, Orono, followed UM’s lead, announcing on 29 June it would strip Little’s name from a building.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 2, 2020

Edward Scott Brown, of the firm of Hersey, Bean & Brown, was born Feb. 9, 1830, at Orono, Maine.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman

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