Chomchadila, California
human settlement in United States of America
Chomchadila (also written as Choam-cha-di-la-poma or Tcómtcadila) is a former Pomo settlement in Mendocino County, California, United States. While its precise location is unknown, it was said to be on a mesa south of Calpella, about two miles north of the confluence of the East Fork and Russian River. The namesake of the latter comes from Kalpela, a chief of the settlement.
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