Sonoma (disambiguation)
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Sonoma may refer to:
- Sonoma County, CaliforniaSonoma County, CaliforniaSonoma County, located on the northern coast of the U.S. state of California, is the largest and northernmost of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. Its population at the 2010 census was 483,878. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa....
, a county in northern CaliforniaNorthern CaliforniaNorthern California is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The San Francisco Bay Area , and Sacramento as well as its metropolitan area are the main population centers...
- Several wine regions in Sonoma County including:
- Sonoma Coast AVASonoma Coast AVAThe Sonoma Coast AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, USA containing more than , mostly along the coastline of the Pacific Ocean. It extends from San Pablo Bay to the border with Mendocino County. The appellation is known for its cool climate and high rainfall...
- Sonoma Mountain AVASonoma Mountain AVAThe Sonoma Mountain AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, USA. It is centered on the Sonoma Mountain landform in the Sonoma Mountains. The appellation includes the town of Glen Ellen, California and is bordered on the west by the Sonoma Valley AVA...
- Sonoma Valley AVASonoma Valley AVAThe Sonoma Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, USA which centers on the Sonoma Valley in the southern portion of the county...
- Sonoma, CaliforniaSonoma, CaliforniaSonoma is a historically significant city in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA, surrounding its historic town plaza, a remnant of the town's Mexican colonial past. It was the capital of the short-lived California Republic...
, the city for which the county is named - Sonoma ValleySonoma ValleySonoma Valley is the birthplace of the California wine industry and often called The Valley of the Moon. Sonoma Valley is home to some of the earliest vineyards and wineries in the state, some of which survived the phylloxera epidemic of the 1870s and the impact of Prohibition...
, the region in Sonoma County in which Sonoma is the largest settlement and only incorporated city - Sonoma Valley AirportSonoma Valley AirportSonoma Valley Airport is a public-use airstrip opened on August 1959 in Schellville, Sonoma, California, USA. Located south of central district of Sonoma and north of San Francisco , the airfield offers two asphalt runways, of which the 17/35 is restricted, with prior permission required.Open...
- Sonoma Valley Museum of ArtSonoma Valley Museum of ArtThe Sonoma Valley Museum of Art is an art museum located in Sonoma, California, United States. Founded in 1998, the museum exhibits works by regional, national and international modern and contemporary artists.-History:...
- Sonoma County MuseumSonoma County MuseumThe Sonoma County Museum, in Santa Rosa, California, is dedicated to the Sonoma County region's history, art, and culture. Featuring between 15 and 18 exhibitions in art and history annually, the SCM is the only collecting art museum in the North Bay region. The museum presents tours, lectures,...
- Sonoma State Historic ParkSonoma State Historic ParkSonoma State Historic Park is a state park located in the center of Sonoma, California. The park consists of six sites in Sonoma: the Mission San Francisco Solano, the Presidio of Sonoma or Sonoma Barracks, the Toscano Hotel, the Blue Wing Inn, and La Casa Grande and Lachryma Montis, the homes of...
- Sonoma State ObservatorySonoma State ObservatorySonoma State Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Sonoma State University. It is located in Rohnert Park, California.-References:#...
- Sonoma MountainSonoma MountainSonoma Mountain is a prominent landform within the Sonoma Mountains of southern Sonoma County, California. At elevation of , Sonoma Mountain offers expansive views of the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Sonoma Valley to the east...
- Sonoma MountainsSonoma MountainsThe Sonoma Mountains are a northwest-southeast trending formation of California Coast Ranges in Sonoma County, California, USA. The range is approximately fourteen miles long and separates the Sonoma Creek watershed from the Petaluma River and Tolay Creek watersheds...
- Lake SonomaLake SonomaLake Sonoma is a reservoir west of Healdsburg in northern Sonoma County, California, U.S.A., created by the construction of Warm Springs Dam. Access from U.S. Route 101 is by way of Dry Creek Road from Healdsburg....
- Sonoma CreekSonoma CreekSonoma Creek is a stream in northern California. It is one of two principal drainages of southern Sonoma County, California, with headwaters rising in the rugged hills of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park and discharging to San Pablo Bay, the northern arm of San Francisco Bay. The watershed drained by...
, the main watercourse forming Sonoma Valley - Sonoma SkyparkSonoma SkyparkSonoma Skypark is a public-use airport located three miles southeast of the central business district of Sonoma, a city in Sonoma County, California, United States...
- Sonoma International Film FestivalSonoma International Film FestivalThe Sonoma International Film Festival takes place every April in the Sonoma Valley and is hosted by the Sonoma International Film Society, a 501c3 non-profit organization. The festival is in its 14th season and has become a film festival destination location hosting the best in film, food and wine...
- Sonoma State UniversitySonoma State UniversitySonoma State University is a public, coeducational business and liberal arts college affiliated with the California State University system. The main campus is located in Rohnert Park, California, United States and lies approximately south of Santa Rosa and north of San Francisco...
, located in Rohnert Park, Sonoma County, California - GMC Sonoma, a model of pickup truck
- Sonoma, the code name for an Intel Centrino platform (see Centrino#Sonoma platform)
- Sonoma dietSonoma dietThe Sonoma Diet is a dietary system that was developed by Connie Guttersen, and is a derivation of the Mediterranean diet.The diet plan consists managing portion sizes and eating approved foods centered around 10 items known as the "power foods". According to the creator of the diet these foods...
- Sonoma PlazaSonoma PlazaSonoma Plaza is the central plaza in the former El Pueblo de Sonoma, now known as Sonoma, California. The town is centered around this plaza, the largest plaza in California. This plaza is surrounded by many historical buildings, including the Mission San Francisco Solano, Captain Salvador...
- Williams-SonomaWilliams-SonomaWilliams-Sonoma, Inc. is a high-end American consumer retail company that sells kitchenwares, furniture and linens, as well as other housewares and home furnishings, along with a variety of specialty foods, soaps and lotions...
, a housewares company - Sonoma Valley SunSonoma Valley SunThe Sonoma Valley Sun is a weekly newspaper serving the city of Sonoma, California and surrounding communities with news reporting, graphics, and photography....
, Sonoma Valley newspaper and web portal - Sonoma College, a college based in PNG
- Sonoma, a generic brand of cigarettes
- USS SonomaUSS SonomaUSS Sonoma may refer to: was a side-wheel gunboat launched in 1862 and sold in 1867. was a tug, launched in 1912 and sunk by enemy action in October 1944. was also a tug, commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1946....
, ships of the US Navy - Infineon RacewayInfineon RacewayInfineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains near Sonoma, California, USA. The course is a complex series of twists and turns that go up and down the hills...
, formerly known as Sears Point Raceway and described as Sonoma Raceway by NASCARNASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...