Pomona

//pəˈmoʊnə// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A goddess of fruitful abundance in Ancient Roman religion and myth
  2. 2
    Pomona College colloquial
  3. 3
    A number of places in various countries:; A place in the United States:; A city in Los Angeles County, California.
  4. 4
    A number of places in various countries:; A place in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Jackson County, Illinois.
  5. 5
    A number of places in various countries:; A place in the United States:; A minor city and township in Franklin County, Kansas.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in various countries:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland.
  2. 7
    A number of places in various countries:; A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Howell County, Missouri.
  3. 8
    A number of places in various countries:; A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey.
  4. 9
    A number of places in various countries:; A place in the United States:; A village in the town of Ramapo and town of Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York.
  5. 10
    A number of places in various countries:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington.
  6. 11
    A number of places in various countries:; A Mayan archaeological site in the state of Tabasco, Mexico.
  7. 12
    A number of places in various countries:; A village in Avellaneda department, Río Negro province, Argentina.
  8. 13
    A number of places in various countries:; A ghost town in southern Namibia.
  9. 14
    A number of places in various countries:; A suburb of Kempton Park, Gauteng province, South Africa.
  10. 15
    A number of places in various countries:; A locality in the Wentworth council area, south western New South Wales, Australia.
  11. 16
    A number of places in various countries:; A town in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.
  12. 17
    A number of places in various countries:; The Mainland, Orkney.
  13. 18
    32 Pomona, a main belt asteroid
Noun
  1. 1
    A treatise on fruits. archaic, rare

    "The Woolhope Club, having published a "pomona" of Herefordshire, have now undertaken to produce a "flora" of the county, and also volumes giving a description of the birds and the fungi of Hereford."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Pōmōna.

Etymology 2

From Pomona.

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