Pomona

English

Pomona, by Nicolas Fouché, ca. 1700

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pōmōna.

Pronunciation

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• 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.
4. (astronomy) 32 Pomona, a main belt asteroid

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 32 Pomona, ㉜

Translations

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 果神星 (Guǒshénxīng)

• Marathi: पोमोना (pomonā)

Further reading

• Pomona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pomona College on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 32 Pomona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Pomoan, Poonam, poonam

Latin

Pōmōna ingreditur

Etymology

From pōmum (“fruit”) +‎ -ōna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poːˈmoː.na/, [poːˈmoːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈmo.na/, [poˈmɔːnä]

Proper noun

Pōmōna f (genitive Pōmōnae); first declension

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