Pomona, Río Negro
Pomona is a small village on the Choele Choel Island in the Avellaneda Department in the Río Negro Province, in Argentina. It was already a crossing point for the Negro River to the island in 1890, when it was known as ''Paso Peñalva'', on the ...
Australia
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Pomona, Queensland
Pomona is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Pomona had a population of 2,910 people. Pomona is located around 135 kilometres north of Brisbane. It is located at the base of Mount C ...
Pomona Island
Pomona Island is the largest island within Lake Manapouri, in Fiordland National Park, in New Zealand's South Island. With an area of , it is the largest island to be found within any New Zealand lake.
The island is uninhabited, and lies close ...
, New Zealand
South Africa
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Pomona, Kempton Park
Pomona is a northerly suburb of Kempton Park, Gauteng, Kempton Park, in Gauteng province, South Africa.
In the late 20th century Pomona functioned mainly as agricultural small holdings, producing good fresh vegetables and fruit. Since around 2015 ...
United Kingdom
* Pomona, an old name for the
Mainland
Mainland is defined as "relating to or forming the main part of a country or continent, not including the islands around it egardless of status under territorial jurisdiction by an entity" The term is often politically, economically and/or dem ...
Pomona, California
Pomona is a city in Los Angeles County, California. Pomona is located in the Pomona Valley, between the Inland Empire and the San Gabriel Valley. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 151,713. The main campus of California State Polyt ...
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Pomona, Illinois
Pomona is an unincorporated community in Pomona Township, Jackson County, Illinois, United States. Pomona is located in the Shawnee National Forest south of Murphysboro. Pomona has no post office as of 2010 ZIP code 62975.
The community w ...
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Pomona, Kansas
Pomona is a city in Franklin County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 884.
History
Pomona was founded in about 1869. It was named for Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees.
The first post offic ...
Pomona, Missouri
Pomona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Howell County, Missouri, United States. It is located midway between Willow Springs and West Plains
West Plains is a city in, and the county seat of Howell County, ...
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona, CPP, or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo. See the ''name'' section of this article for more infor ...
, a public polytechnic university
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Pomona College
Pomona College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In 1925, it became t ...
, a liberal arts college in Claremont, California
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Pomona (fruit survey)
Pomona may refer to:
Places Argentina
* Pomona, Río Negro
Australia
* Pomona, Queensland, Australia, a town in the Shire of Noosa
* Pomona, New South Wales, Australia
Belize
* Pomona, Belize, a municipality in Stann Creek District
Mexico
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, a treatise on or a survey of
fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in partic ...
varieties
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Pomona (mythology)
Pomona (, ) was a goddess of fruitful abundance in ancient Roman religion and myth. Her name comes from the Latin word ''pomum'', "fruit", specifically orchard fruit.
Pomona was said to be a wood nymph.
Etymology
The name ''Pōmōna'' is a ...
Pomona station (disambiguation) Pomona station may refer to:
* Pomona railway station, a Citytrain station in Pomona, Queensland, Australia
* Pomona station (California), an Amtrak and Metrolink train station in Pomona, California, United States; also called Downtown Pomona stat ...
, train stations and tram stops
* ''Pomona'', a ballet with music by
Constant Lambert
Leonard Constant Lambert (23 August 190521 August 1951) was a British composer, conductor, and author. He was the founder and music director of the Royal Ballet, and (alongside Ninette de Valois and Frederick Ashton) he was a major figure in th ...
* "Pomona", a waltz by
Emile Waldteufel
Emil or Emile may refer to:
Literature
*''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
* ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life
*''Emil and the Detective ...
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Professor Pomona Sprout
The following fictional characters are staff members and denizens of Hogwarts in the ''Harry Potter'' books written by J. K. Rowling.
The staff and their positions
Teachers and staff members
The following teachers and staff members do not ha ...