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pomona

/pəˈmoʊnə/

pomona noun: a treatise on fruits.

Noun

pomona

  1. (archaic, rare) A treatise on fruits.
    • 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.1885, English Mechanic and Mirror of Science, volume 40, page 197

Proper noun capitalized: Pomona

Pomona

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

Synonyms of pomona

  • 32 Pomona
  • ㉜

Origin of pomona

From Pomona.

Borrowed from Latin Pōmōna.

Phrases with pomona

Words that rhyme with pomona

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Questions about pomona

What does pomona mean?
Pomona means a treatise on fruits.
What part of speech is pomona?
Pomona can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pomona?
Pomona is pronounced /pəˈmoʊnə/ (US).

Words near pomona in the dictionary

  1. pomologies
  2. pomologist
  3. pomologists
  4. pomology
  5. pomolos
  6. pomona
  7. Pomona green
  8. Pomona greens
  9. pomonal
  10. pomonic
  11. pomophobe

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