Pomona

See also: pomona

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pōmōna.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /pəˈmoʊnə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊnə

Proper noun

Pomona

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

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Latin

Etymology

From pōmum (fruit) +‎ -ōna.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pōmōna f (genitive Pōmōnae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) the goddess of fruitful abundance.
  2. (metonymic) fruits

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Pōmōna Pōmōnae
genitive Pōmōnae Pōmōnārum
dative Pōmōnae Pōmōnīs
accusative Pōmōnam Pōmōnās
ablative Pōmōnā Pōmōnīs
vocative Pōmōna Pōmōnae