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Pomona

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Pomona , city (1990 pop. 131,723), Los Angeles co., S Calif. at the foot of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1888. It is a residential, industrial, and commercial suburb of Los Angeles where citrus fruits and vegetables are canned and shipped. Manufactures include foods; paper, metal, and plastic products; and chemicals. There are aluminum and iron foundaries. The city is the seat of California State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona, and is the site of the Los Angeles County Fair. It is one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities.

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Pomona

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Pomona, Belize, USA USA (California): a fruit and vegetable canning centre, it is named after Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit from the Latin pomum ‘fruit’.

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Pomona

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Pomona in Roman mythology, the goddess of fruit and fruit-trees, wife of Vortumnus.

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Pomona

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Pomona Scotland: see Mainland .

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