Pomo

Meaning

Proper Noun

• An indigenous population native to Northern California.
• The family of languages of this people.

Related

Similar words

• Cainameros
• Kulanapan

Origin

• Used in English since 1877, Pomo derives from the Pomo language words and , 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.