Soma (disambiguation)
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Soma was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures. Unrelatedly, sōma (σῶμα) is the Greek word for “body”.
Soma may also refer to:
Science
- Soma (biology) (or perikaryon), the cell body of a neuron
- Somatic cell, a non-gametic cell in a multicellular organism
- Carisoprodol, a muscle relaxant drug which has the trade name Soma
Places
- Soma, South Khorasan, Iran
- Sōma, Aomori, a village located in Nakatsugaru District in southern Aomori Prefecture, Japan
- Sōma, Fukushima, a city located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
- Sōma District, Fukushima, a district located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
- Soma, Gambia, a town in Gambia
- Soma, Manisa, a town and district of Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Turkey
- South of Market, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco
- South Main, a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- South Omaha, Nebraska, a former city and current district of Omaha, Nebraska
Music
- SomaFM, a listener-supported, commercial-free Internet radio station
- Soma Records (U.S. label), a Minneapolis record label
- Soma Quality Recordings, a record label co-founded by the duo Slam
- Soma (studio), a recording studio located in Chicago, USA
- Soma San Diego, a concert venue in San Diego, California
- Soma (band), an Australian dark ambient musical project
- Soma (Steve Roach & Robert Rich album), 1992
- Soma (Eths album), first studio album by the French heavy metal band Eths, 2004
- Soma (Mallavoodoo album), 2006
- Soma (Windhand album), album by American heavy metal band Windhand, 2013
- "Soma" (song), song from The Smashing Pumpkins' 1993 album Siamese Dream
- "Soma", a song from a 1984 single from Tuxedomoon
- "Soma", a song from The Strokes' 2001 album Is This It
- "Soma", a song from Prometheus' 2007 album Corridor of Mirrors
- "Soma", a song from deadmau5's 2009 album For Lack of a Better Name
- "Soma", a song from 10 Years' 2012 album Minus the Machine
Fiction
- Soma, a fictional hallucinogenic drug in Aldous Huxley's novels Brave New World and Island
- Argento Soma, an anime series with a protagonist named Ryu Soma
- Soma Cruz, a character in the Castlevania video-game series
- Kukai Soma, a fictional character from the manga series Shugo Chara! by Peach-Pit
- Soma Peries, a fictional character from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- Prince Soma, a fictional character from the manga and anime Black Butler
- Soma (video game), a survival-horror science-fiction video game from Frictional Games
- Soma Schicksal, one of the main characters in the PlayStation Portable video game Gods Eater Burst
- Soma, breast milk that fuels a Qwaser's elemental powers in the manga and anime Seikon no Qwaser
Organisations
- School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona, one of three medical schools in Arizona
- Sharing of Ministries Abroad, an international Anglican charity
- Southern Ontario Model United Nations Association, the largest student-run model United Nations in North America
- Student Osteopathic Medical Association, a national student organization of osteopathic medical students
People
- Sōma clan
- Soma (cannabis grower) (born 1949), American cannabis grower and breeder
- Stephen O'Malley (born 1974), experimental musician and graphic designer also known by the pseudonym SOMA
Other
- Federal Reserve System Open Market Account, in finance
- Somatherapy, also Soma or SOMA, a Brazilian anarchist therapy
- Soma cube, a solid dissection puzzle invented by the Danish scientist Piet Hein in 1936
- Service-oriented modeling, originally referred to as service-oriented modeling and architecture (SOMA) by IBM, a framework for software design
- Soma (company), a company that designs eco-friendly water filtration systems
- Soma super computer, a SGI supercomputer
- Soma is a brand of Chico's (clothing retailer)
See also
- Sōma (disambiguation)
- Somatic (disambiguation), or 'of the body'
- Som (disambiguation)
- Parisoma (disambiguation)
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