Pomona (disambiguation)

Pomona (disambiguation)

Pomona is the Roman goddess of fruit and nut trees.

Pomona might also refer to:

Locations

;Argentina
* Pomona, Río Negro

;Australia
* Pomona, Queensland

;United Kingdom
* Mainland Pomona, an anachronistic synonym for Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, the largest of the Orkney Islands
* Pomona Docks, a set of dockyards in Trafford, Greater Manchester
* Pomona Metrolink station

;United States
* Pomona, California
* Pomona, Kansas
* Pomona, Missouri
* Pomona, New Jersey
* Pomona, New York
* Pomona, Washington, near Selah, Washington

Education

* Pomona College in Claremont, California
* California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Other uses

* "Pomona", a ballet with music by Constant Lambert
* Professor Pomona Sprout from the "Harry Potter" series
* 32 Pomona, an asteroid
* The "Herefordshire Pomona", a nineteenth century fruit catalogue


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