Soma (disambiguation)

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)