Gore may refer to:

Places

Australia

Gore, Queensland Gore is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Gore had a population of 24 people. Geography The Cunningham Highway passes through the locality f ...

* Gore Creek (New South Wales) * Gore Island (Queensland)

Canada

* Gore, Nova Scotia, a rural community * Gore, Quebec, a township municipality * Gore Bay, Ontario, a township on Manitoulin Island

United Kingdom

Gore Hundred Gore was a hundred of the historic county of Middlesex, England. The hundred's name means 'piece of ground shaped like the head of a spear/triangle'. Scope and importance It covered an area in the north of the county, in present London Borou ...

, a historic subdivision of Middlesex *

Kensington Gore Kensington Gore is the name of a U-shaped thoroughfare on the south side of Hyde Park in the City of Westminster, England. The streets connect the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal College of Art, the Royal Geographical Society, and in Kensin ...

, a street in Kensington, West London **

Gore House Gore House, built in the 1750s, with its grounds was in Middlesex, England in a large exclave of St Margaret Westminster, Kensington Gore. Until its west wing soon became Grove House it was set apart from the east end of a row of 18th-century ...

, on Kensington Gore * Gore Water, a tributary of the River Esk, Lothian, which gives its name to

Gorebridge Gorebridge is a former Pit village, mining village in Midlothian, Scotland. Gorebridge has an annual Gala Day which always takes place on the 3rd Saturday in June. This is much like a town fair, with rides and games. The gala day has a tradit ...

United States

* Gore, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Gore, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Gore, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Gore, Oklahoma, a town * Gore, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Gore Canyon, Colorado * Gore Creek (Colorado) * Gore Mountain (New York) * Gore Mountain (Vermont) * Gore Range, Colorado * Goretown, South Carolina, an unincorporated community * Junction City, Kentucky, formerly known as Gore *"The Gore", southeast Indiana, a nickname for part of the former Northwest Territory ceded from Ohio to Indiana in 1803, originally Dearborn County * Gore Township, Michigan

Elsewhere

Gorë Gorë is a former municipality in the Korçë County, southeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Maliq. The population at the 2011 census was 1,565. The municipal unit consists of the vil ...

, a former municipality in Korçë County, Albania * Goré, Chad, a town **

Roman Catholic Diocese of Goré Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

, Chad *

Gore District, Upper Canada The Gore District was a historic district in Upper Canada which existed until 1849. It was formed in 1816 from parts of York County, Ontario, York County in the Home District and parts of the Niagara District. The district town was Hamilton, Ontar ...

, an historical district of Upper Canada, now the province of Ontario, Canada *

Gore District, New Zealand Gore District is a district in the Southland Region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is named for Gore, New Zealand, Gore, the district's biggest township. Geography The Gore District is located in the south of the South Island. The two ne ...

, a district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand **

Gore, New Zealand Gore () is a town and Gore District, New Zealand, district in the Southland Region, Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand. It has a resident population of as of Gore is known for its country music scene and hosts an annual countr ...

, a town *

Gore, Ethiopia Gore () is a town in south-western Ethiopia. Located south of Metu in the Illubabor Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 2085 meters. Gore is known for its honey. The map attached to C. W. ...

, a town * Gore Island (Baja California), Mexico

People

* Gore (given name), including a list of notable people with the given name * Gore (surname), including a list of notable people with the surname *

Al Gore Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American former politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as ...

(born 1948), American politician and environmentalist * Gore, family name of the Earls of Arran in the Peerage of Ireland * Gore baronets, in the Baronetage of Ireland * Gregor

Gore Verbinski Gregor Justin "Gore" Verbinski (born March 16, 1964) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for directing ''Mouse Hunt'', '' The Ring'', the first 3 ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films, and '' Rango''. For '' ...

(born 1964), American film director, screenwriter, producer and musician *

Gore Vidal Eugene Luther Gore Vidal ( ; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his acerbic epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the Social norm, social and sexual ...

(1925–2012), American writer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional places

*Gore, a mythical place mentioned in the Arthurian legend, ruled by King Urien and probably based on the historical kingdom of

Rheged Rheged () was one of the kingdoms of the ('Old North'), the Brittonic-speaking region of what is now Northern England and southern Scotland, during the post-Roman era and Early Middle Ages. It is recorded in several poetic and bardic sources, ...

* The Gore, a fictional place in J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings''

Music

* Gore (band), a Dutch rock band formed in 1985 * ''Gore'' (Deftones album), 2016, or the title track * ''Gore'' (Lous and the Yakuza album), 2020 * "Gore", a song by Trippie Redd from his 2018 album '' Life's a Trip'' * Bohren & der Club of Gore, German ambient/jazz band

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* General Gore (character), fictional character in the film ''Friend of the World'' by Brian Patrick Butler * ''Gore'' (film), a cancelled biographical film about Gore Vidal * '' Gore: Ultimate Soldier'', a 2002 first-person shooter video game * ''The Unseen'' (novel), a horror-mystery novel by Joseph Citro, also known as ''The Gore'' *

Splatter film A splatter film is a subgenre of horror films that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, usually through the use of special effects, display a fascination with the vulnerability of the human body a ...

, a horror genre also known as "gore film" *Gore, colloquial term for recordings and photographs of

graphic violence Graphic violence refers to the depiction of especially explicit or detailed acts of violence in mass media. It may be real, simulated live action, or animated. Intended for viewing by mature audiences, ''graphic'' in this context is a synonym ...

Textiles

Gore (fabrics) In clothing and similar applications, a gore is a triangular or trapezoidal piece of a textile as might be used in shaping a garment to fit contours of the body. The word is derived from Old English ''wikt:gār, gār'', meaning spear. In the cou ...

, a triangular piece of cloth used in dress making or hat making * Gore-Tex, a fabric made by W. L. Gore and Associates * W. L. Gore and Associates, maker of Gore-Tex fabrics and other industrial products

Other uses

* Gore (heraldry), a roughly triangular charge upon a shield in a coat of arms * Gore (road), a narrow, triangular area of land often found at road merges and diverges * Gore (segment), an (often triangular) sector of a curved surface as used to make globes and balloons * Gore (surveying), a narrow usually triangular strip of land * , a British frigate which served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946 * Striking spear, or The Gore, a wrestling attack move used by Rhyno