Orero

1. Comune (municipality) in Italia:

Orero (Ligurian: Oê) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 30 kilometres east of Genoa.

Orero borders the following municipalities: Cicagna, Coreglia Ligure,  Lorsica, Rezzoaglio, San Colombano Certénoli.

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2. Place in Italy

Orero, is a place in Serra Riccò, Italy. 

Serra Riccò (Ligurian: A Særa) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, in the Italian region Liguria, located about 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of Genoa, in the Val Polcevera.

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3. Surname:

Baldassarre Orero (1841 – 1914) was an Italian general. He was the first Italian colonial governor of Eritrea;

José Sanfrancisco Orero (1944) is a Spanish painter, sculptor, poet and writer belonging to the expressionism movement. 

One of his better known works is Música Salvaje (1964), for which he won the Gran Premio de Pintura de Salón Nacional de San Luís (Argentina) in 1965.

Victoria Orero Director for Climate Security and Resilience, United States National Security Council.

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Oko-oko

Filipino dish: 

Oko-oko is a Filipino dish consisting of rice cooked inside a whole sea urchin shell. It originates from the Sama-Bajau people.

It is a common delicacy in Tawi-Tawi, Sulu, Basilan, and the Zamboanga Peninsula.

It has also been introduced by Sama migrants to Sabah, Malaysia, where it is known as ketupat tehe-tehe or nasi tehe-tehe.

Oko-oko is prepared with a specific type of sea urchins called tehe'-tehe' (also transcribed as tehe-tehe).

The spines are first scraped off and the entrails removed through a small hole at the bottom. 

The edible gonads are retained.

Uncooked rice mixed with spices and various ingredients are then poured into the hole.

The hole is plugged with pandan or coconut leaves.

It is then boiled whole until the rice is cooked.

Oko-oko is eaten by cracking the shell and peeling it like a hard-boiled egg.

The compacted rice inside with the salty sea urchin gonads are eaten directly while held, similar to leaf-wrapped rice cakes.

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Okonoko

Unincorporated community in West Virginia: 

Okonoko is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

Okonoko is located in northern Hampshire County, along the Potomac River and the CSX Cumberland Subdivision of the former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Originally known as Cacaponville due to its proximity to the Little Cacapon River, the community's post office was established in 1843 and its name was changed to Okonoko in 1853.

By 1885, the community's population numbered around 50, and it grew to around 100 in 1898 and 1899.

Okonoko's post office remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1958, with its mail routed through nearby Paw Paw, West Virginia.

Due to its location along the Potomac River, Okonoko has suffered a number of significant floods throughout its history.

In November 1877, freshet flooding caused significant damage to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Okonoko was described by the South Branch Intelligencer as having been "swept away" by the freshet flooding.

In March 1906, flooding at Okonoko brought down telephone poles, thus disabling communications, and prevented crossing of the river between Okonoko and Maryland.

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Oktahatko

Place in Florida: 

Oktahatko is a place in Florida, United States. 

(Geographic Names Information System. 

United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.) .

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Ogopogo

Ogopogo: 

In Canadian folklore, the Ogopogo is a lake monster said to inhabit Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada. 

Some scholars have charted the entity's development from First Nations folklore and widespread water monster folklore motifs.

The Ogopogo now plays a role in the commercial symbolism and media representation of the region.

Okanagan Lake is the largest of five inter-connected freshwater fjord lakes in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Named after the First Nations people who first inhabited the area, it was created when melting glaciers flooded a valley 10,000 years ago.

It stretches for 127.1 kilometres and has a maximum depth of 232.3 metres and an average depth of 75.9 metres. Okanagan has frozen over during eight winters in the last 110 years.

The lake monster has been mostly described as being a serpentine creature with smooth dark skin with a large body thicker than a telephone pole and being up to 50 ft in length.

The monster has said to move at incredible speeds coiling its body in vertical undulations and propelling itself with a powerful tail.

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