pomo
adjective
pomo
1 American
[poh-moh]
/ ˈpoʊ moʊ /
adjective
noun
Pomo
2
American
[poh-moh]
/ ˈpoʊ moʊ /
noun
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Pomos,
plural
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Pomo
plural
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a member of an American Indian people of northern California.
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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
This is pomo of Barrett and Stewart, likewise in Potter Valley.
From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Sherburne Friend Cook
The Great Redwood Trail Agency has a contract with the Wiyot Tribe for cultural monitoring, and agreements with Blue Lake Rancheria and Hopland Band of Pomo Indians that establish government-to-government partnerships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
“We don’t own the land, but we certainly feel like we have an immense responsibility to be good stewards and caretakers of the land,” said Danielle Cirelli, chair of the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Tribes whose historic homelands fall within the forest became leading voices in the effort to halt logging, with the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians’ Priscilla Hunter emerging as a major force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 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
In historic times the Pomo seem, in large part, to have given up making these permanent dwellings in favor of less permanent mat- or grass-covered houses, which were inexpensive and more convenient to erect.
From Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579 by Robert F. Heizer
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
The Pomos of California celebrate an expulsion of devils every seven years, at which the devils are represented by disguised men.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
The Pomos of Lake and Mendocino counties make especially fine baskets for every purpose.
From Stories of California by Ella M. Sexton
Do you want to go back to th’ Pomos under th’ Rockface?”
From Tharon of Lost Valley by Frank Tenney Johnson
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