Willamette ( ), from the Clackamas language of the Columbia River, Oregon, can refer to: A toponym of the U.S. state of Oregon: Willamette River, a tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon Willamette Valley, a region in northwest Oregon that surrounds the Willamette River Willamette Valley AVA, Oregon wine region Willamette Valley (ecoregion), an area that includes the Willamette Valley and adjacent parts of Washington Willamette, Oregon, an unincorporated community that is now part of West Linn Willamette National Forest, a National Forest in western Oregon Willamette Falls, a natural waterfall on the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn Willamette Meteorite, a meteorite that was discovered in Oregon Willamette Pass Resort, a ski area in the Cascade Range of Oregon Willamette Stone, survey marker in Oregon Willamette Cattle Company, a company formed in Oregon in 1837 to buy cattle in California Willamette University, a private institution of higher learning located in Salem Willamette Hall, a building on the University of Oregon campus Willamette High School, a high school in Eugene Willamette Trading Post, a 19th-century fur trading post Other Willamette Industries, a former Fortune 500 company purchased by Weyerhauser Willamette locomotive, a type of steam locomotive formerly used in the logging and mining industries Willamette, the code-name for the first core used in the Intel Pentium 4 microprocessor Willamette, Colorado, a fictional setting in the video game Dead Rising , several United States Navy ships Willamette, American steamer Willamette Hops, used in the brewing of beer, see List of hop varieties See also Wilmette, Illinois