Skip to main content
Pomona

Pomona

7 8.0
A place name used for towns and for the Roman goddess of fruit
  • proper noun
  • /pəˈmoʊnə/
: Pomona
  • I was a sophomore at Pomona College.
  • Pomona College
  • Pomona Valley
  • Pomona's Oxtoby

And one day, Pomona police knocked on the door.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • After a good PAT, Pomona was up by 7 on the higher-ranked Mustangs.

    Blog text (19)
  • I am going to do a full recap of this game because for both Pomona and Ralston Valley, this was huge.

    Blog text (19)
  • I dropped him off in Pomona!

  • And one day, Pomona police knocked on the door.

  • Hosted by Pomona College in Southern California, it will be held August 3-5.

    Academic text (2006)
  • We saw drag racing at the County Fairgrounds in Pomona.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • And we're giving out tickets to the rodeo coming to the Fairplex in Pomona, so give us a call...

  • Later that day, he was scheduled to go to Pomona to pick up a massaging recliner.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Pomona, L.A., Glendale, Van Nuys.

  • I visited Pomona Valley Hospital to see a friend who was recovering.

Surface Forms

Pomona main

Etymology

Pomona as a name comes from Latin pomum meaning 'fruit' and belonged to a Roman goddess who protected fruit trees and gardens. That's why towns and places are called Pomona — the name makes people think of fruit, gardens, or a fertile place.