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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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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

Police said the group was headed to Orono, Maine, from Schenectady, New York, for a Christmas concert Wednesday night.

From Washington Times • Dec. 11, 2019

They afterward asked us, with great earnestness and apparent apprehension, "When the Orono would come again; and what he would do to them on his return?"

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert