Sonoma

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A valley in northern California, United States.
  2. 2
    A city in Sonoma County, California, United States, named after the eponymous valley.

Etymology

From a Suisun language variously thought to mean "valley of the moon", "many moons", or to derive from tso (the earth) and noma (village).

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Sonoma County

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