Pomo

noun

Po·​mo ˈpō-(ˌ)mō 

1

plural Pomo or Pomos : a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of northern California

2

: any of the family of languages spoken by the Pomo

Examples of Pomo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians headquarters is located to the west of Patwin territory in Lake County, near where one of the most horrific acts of violence committed against Indigenous people in U.S. history took place. —Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024

The 72-year-old Sarris lives on Sonoma Mountain, where Coyote decided to create the world, with a view towards the Pacific Ocean and territory that was once home to some 20,000 Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo people. —Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024

The native Pomo tribe was living in that area long before American settlers arrived, so naturally the style of that time speaks to tribal ways. —Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 15 May 2024

The Scottsdale resident's daughter had her Sunrise Dance at Oak Flat, and he and his family honor both Pomo and Apache culture. —The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024

Forward, a member of the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians, worked in product design at Facebook before becoming the CEO of Natives Rising. —Rebekah Bastian, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023

Police officers in Santa Rosa had responded around 3:40 p.m. Thursday to a home in the 500 block of Pomo Trail for a report of a possible homicide. —Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2023

This is the ancestral land of the Pomo tribe, but European settlers arrived in the early 1800s and essentially pillaged it for timber. —Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023

Destiny Elliot came to the event to sell Native American jewelry to raise money for her daughter’s quinceañera through her business Pomo Spiritual Readings. —Austindedios, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023

Word History

Etymology

in part from Northern Pomo p^ho·mo·, a village name, literally, at red earth hole; in part from Northern Pomo p^hoʔmaʔ one residing at (the place denoted by the preceding element)

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1