Pomona
[puh-moh-nuh]
- the ancient Roman goddess of the fruit of trees.
- a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- Also called Mainland. the largest of the Orkney Islands, N of Scotland. 190 sq. mi. (490 sq. km)
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Examples from the Web for pomona
Contemporary Examples
Cathy Corison: I fell in love with wine when I was 19, studying biology at Pomona College, 40 years ago.
Blue says he grew up in Pomona, Calif., idolizing the gang life and the quick money that came along with it.
Like Williams, she lived in Pomona, but her body was discovered in Riverside County.
Los Angeles Police Pin Old Murders of Three Women on Dead Serial KillerChristine Pelisek
August 3, 2012
Like Williams, she lived in Pomona but her body was discovered in Riverside County.
"We got one DNA sample off of Fields, and one on Pomona, and a partial sample in Los Angeles," says Brown.
Historical Examples
We know them, we who have courted Pomona in her fair New England orchards.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
At these words the load that was on Pomona's mind dropped from it entirely.
John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told ThereinFrank R. Stockton
Pomona nodded to him, but turned again to the Husband of Euphemia.
John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told ThereinFrank R. Stockton
True to his character he took many forms to gain Pomona's love.
The Book of Hallowe'enRuth Edna Kelley
On Pomona's day doubtless thanks was rendered them for their aid to the harvest.
The Book of Hallowe'enRuth Edna Kelley
Pomona1
- (in Orkney) another name for Mainland
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Pomona2
- the Roman goddess of fruit trees
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Word Origin and History for pomona
Pomona
n.
Roman goddess of fruit, from Latin pomum "apple; fruit," of uncertain origin. "Possibly from *po-emo- 'taken off, picked'; *po-omo- or *pe-omo- are also conceivable" [de Vaan]. Or perhaps borrowed from a lost Mediterranean language.
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