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

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