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Sonoma

Sonoma proper noun: a valley in northern California, United States.

Proper noun

Sonoma

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

Origin of Sonoma

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

Words formed from Sonoma

Questions about Sonoma

What does Sonoma mean?
Sonoma means a valley in northern California, United States.
What part of speech is Sonoma?
Sonoma is a proper noun.

Words near Sonoma in the dictionary

  1. sonoluminescent
  2. sonolyse
  3. sonolysed
  4. sonolysis
  5. sonolytic
  6. Sonoma
  7. Sonoma County
  8. sonomaite
  9. sonomammographic
  10. sonomammography
  11. Sonomarin

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