pomo
adjective
pomo
1 American
[poh-moh]
/ ˈpoʊ moʊ /
adjective
noun
Pomo
2
American
[poh-moh]
/ ˈpoʊ moʊ /
noun
Pomos,
plural
Pomo
plural
-
a member of an American Indian people of northern California.
-
any of several related languages of the Pomo Indians.
pomo
British
/ ˈpəʊməʊ /
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pomo
First recorded in 1985–90; po(st)mo(dernism) ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Mr. Oluwalogbon told me, later, that this was pomo: cow skin.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2016
But though it may have been meta, and possibly pomo, “gimmicky” is way too dismissive.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2012
On Twitter, James Wolcott—of whom I’m a fan—called it “all kinds of gimmicky & meta & pomo & stuff.”
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2012
PRO: More than a decade after the exhilarating Trainspotting burnished his art-house credentials, Boyle snatched eight Oscars for the pomo fairy tale Slumdog Millionaire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Examples.—Unu pomo plie aŭ malplie ne gravas = One apple more or less does not signify.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George
Hatcher — a Pomo shape-shifter who dodges prejudice by passing as Mexican in the novel — is a thorny protagonist, often cunning, scheming and unforgiving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
He explains Pomo Indians believed that each action had a consequence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Mary doesn’t know her biological father, but she was claimed by a Pomo head man and raised by one of his girlfriends, a loyal if embittered woman named Saturnina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Misty Cook, of the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians, read a statement as eyes misted all around:
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
We encounter here a clear instance of the perplexity which pursues us throughout the Pomo area.
From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Cook, Sherburne Friend
Augustine and other displaced Pomos toiled as forced laborers in the area — tending farm animals, herding cattle to slaughter at San Pablo Bay and building adobe houses in Sonoma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
Such aggressions forced Pomos to disperse far from the lake, including to the North Bay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
Do you want to go back to th’ Pomos under th’ Rockface?”
From Tharon of Lost Valley by Johnson, Frank Tenney
There were soft whispers afloat that he was with the Pomos up under the Rockface at the north.
From Tharon of Lost Valley by Johnson, Frank Tenney
The Pomos of Lake and Mendocino counties make especially fine baskets for every purpose.
From Stories of California by Sexton, Ella M.
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