Soma

Soma (from Greek σῶμα söma) means "body".

Soma may also refer to:

Businesses and brands

• SOMA (architects), a New York–based firm of architects
• Soma (company), a company that designs eco-friendly water filtration systems
• Soma, a brand of Chico's
• SOMA Fabrications, a builder of bicycle frames and other bicycle parts and accessories
• Soma Festival, annual music and well-being festival in Northern Ireland

Characters

• Soma Cruz, a character in the Castlevania video game series
• Soma Peries, a fictional character of the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 anime series
• Prince Soma, a fictional character of the Black Butler anime series
• Soma Schicksal, one of the main characters in the PlayStation Portable video game Gods Eater Burst
• Yukihira Soma, a character in the anime and manga series Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
• Soma, a character in the anime and manga series Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?

Music

Bands and labels

• Soma (band), an Australian dark ambient musical project
• Soma (studio), a recording studio located in Chicago, Illinois
• Soma Records (U.S. label), a Minneapolis record label
• Soma Quality Recordings, a Scottish record label co-founded by Slam

Albums

• Soma (Mallavoodoo album), 2006
• Soma (Steve Roach and Robert Rich album), 1992
• Soma (Windhand album), 2013
• Soma, a 2004 album by Eths
• Soma 0.5mg, a 2018 album by Taconafide

Songs

• "Soma" (song), by The Smashing Pumpkins, 1993
• "Soma", a 1984 song by Tuxedomoon
• "Soma", a 2001 song by The Strokes from Is This It
• "Soma", a 2002 song by Project 86 from Truthless Heroes
• "Soma", a 2007 song by Prometheus from Corridor of Mirrors
• "Soma", a 2009 song by Deadmau5 from For Lack of a Better Name
• "Soma", a 2012 song by 10 Years from Minus the Machine
• "Soma", a 2015 song by Northlane from Node

Other arts and media

• A drug in Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel Brave New World
• Argento Soma, an anime series with a protagonist named Ryu Soma
• Soma (video game), a 2015 survival horror science fiction video game
• Soma San Diego, a concert venue in San Diego, California

Organizations

• A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona, one of three medical schools in Arizona
• Sharing of Ministries Abroad, an international Anglican charity
• Society of Mutual Autopsy, a professional association of anthropologists
• Student Osteopathic Medical Association, a national student organization of osteopathic medical students

People

• Sōma (surname)
• Leela Soma, Scottish-based writer, born in Madras
• Stephen O'Malley (born 1974), experimental musician and graphic designer also known by the pseudonym SOMA
• Queen Soma, legendary founder of Kingdom of Funan in the 1st century

Places

• South Main, a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Sama, South Khorasan or Somā, Iran
• Soma, Gambia, a town in Gambia
• Sōma, Aomori, a village in Nakatsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
• Sōma, Fukushima, a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
• Sōma District, Fukushima, a district in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
• Malmheim og Soma, a borough of Sandnes, Norway
• Soma, Manisa, a town and district of Manisa Province, Turkey
  • Soma mine disaster, a 2014 explosion and fire at a coal mine which caused 301 fatalities
• South of Market, San Francisco (or SoMa), a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, U.S.

Science and technology

• Soma (biology), the cell body of a neuron
• Carisoprodol, a muscle relaxant drug which has the trade name Soma
• SOMA Messenger, a cross-platform instant messaging and communication application that specializes in video calls and voice calls for smartphones
• Service-oriented modeling, originally referred to as service-oriented modeling and architecture (SOMA) by IBM, a framework for software design

Others

• Soma (deity), a Hindu deity
• Soma (drink), a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and in subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures
• System Open Market Account, a monetary policy tool used by the US Federal Reserve System
• Soma cube, a solid dissection puzzle invented by the Danish scientist Piet Hein in 1933

See also

• Parisoma (disambiguation)
• SomaFM, a listener-supported, commercial-free Internet radio station
• Somatherapy, also Soma or SOMA, a therapy designed by Brazilian Roberto Freire
• Som (disambiguation)
• Sōma (disambiguation)
  • Sōma clan, a Japanese clan of Mutsu Province from the 16th century
• Somatic (disambiguation)