English Explanatory Dictionary

pomo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Abbreviation of postmodern.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of postmodernism.
noun
  1. An indigenous population native to Northern California.
name
  1. The family of languages of this people.

Word forms

pomo

Etymology

Used in English since 1877, Pomo derives from the Pomo language words /pʰoːmoː/ and /pʰoʔmaʔ/, meaning "those who live at red earth hole". It was once the name of a village in Southern Potter Valley, possibly referring to the red mineral magnesite used for beads, or to the reddish earth and clay such as hematite mined in the area. At the same time in the Northern Pomo dialect, -pomo or -poma was used as a suffix after the names of places for subgroups of people of that place.

Synonyms

Cainameros Kulanapan

Derived words

pomophobe pomophobia pomophobic pomosexual Pomoan
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