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pomo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
po-mo
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Abbreviation of postmodern.

noun

Abbreviation of postmodernism.

Uncountable

noun

An indigenous population native to Northern California.

name

The family of languages of this people.

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.

Usage

Derived Forms

pomophobe pomophobia pomophobic pomosexual Pomoan

Synonyms

Cainameros Kulanapan pomo language

Questions

What does pomo mean?
Abbreviation of postmodern.
Where does pomo come from?
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.

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