Main Entry: Po·mo

Pronunciation: \ˈpō-(ˌ)mō\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Pomo or Pomos

Etymology: in part from Northern Pomo p^ho·mo·, a village name, literally, at red earth hole; in part from Northern Pomo p^hoʔmaʔ one residing at (the place denoted by the preceding element)

Date: 1852

1 : a member of a group of American Indian peoples of northern California
2 : any of the family of languages spoken by the Pomo