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Orono

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

noun

  1. a town in S Maine.


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“When operating properly, it’s great,” says animal health specialist Deborah Bouchard, who directs the Aquaculture Research Institute at the University of Maine, Orono.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 9, 2023

Bringing produce, whether conventional or organic, from a distance can have a bad effect on nutrients, says Mary Ellen Camire, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine in Orono.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2022

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

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021

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 were met by four men, having wands tipped with dog’s hair, and who shouted a short sentence in which the word Orono was plainly distinguishable and frequently repeated.

From Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by Kingston, William Henry Giles