1830–40; < New Latin < Greek sôma body
Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1820–30
< New Latin < Greek sôma
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The Soma Space in Oswestry was established two years ago by Kevin Braddock, a psychotherapist and fitness instructor, and Jo Hazell-Watkins, a personal trainer and trauma-informed strength coach.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025
Jason’s pointing to a letterboard fits broadly with the Rapid Prompting Method invented by Soma Mukhopadhyay, who has worked directly with Jason in the past.
From Salon • Aug. 28, 2024
It was only the second spell-off in the history of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and Bruhat Soma rattled off a head-spinning 29 correctly spelled words in 90 seconds, including heautophany, nachschläge and puszta.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
The country’s worst mining disaster took place in 2014 at a coal mine in Soma, western Turkey, where 301 people were killed.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024
Tradition has it that modern Sharia Nabi Danyal corresponds to the Street of the Soma, ancient Alexandria’s primary north—south byway.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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