Paloma

I saw this on two different menus as the name of a drink.

On one, the ingredients were pomegranate (it was called a “Poma Paloma”), tequila, mezcal, grapefruit, and pink peppercorn.

On the other it was Hornitos Reposada (a brand of tequila), lime and grapefruit juice, with salt.

Clearly, one of the definitions is a tequila-based cocktail. But I knew I had heard it in other contexts.

Sure enough, there are a lot of definitions for it.

• It’s a place name in both California and Illinois
• It’s an archaeological site in Peru
• It’s a woman’s name
• It’s a color; kind of a reddish brown
• It’s a class of shark (according to one source; I couldn’t corroborate this)