nemo

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/ˈniːmoʊ/

proper noun

A male given name from Latin.

“NEMO deficiency syndrome”

Less commonScrabble 6

Meanings

nemo1

adjectivenemo (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationacronymdatednot comparablebroadcastingAcronym of not emanating from main office, i.e. broadcast from some remote location instead.

    In New York City alone, there are nearly three dozen of these "nemo" points from which speeches, music, and entertainment are broadcast regularly.

    1929, Popular Science, volume 115, number 4, page 153
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    All "nemo" broadcasting, except entirely musical, would be abandoned. Stations would not risk broadcasting anything arising outside the studio, as there would be no editorial or censorship power.

    1935, Alison Reppy, Air Law Review, volume 6, page 86

NEMO2

proper noun

alternative Nemo · alternative NEMo

  1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of northeastern Missouri.

NEMO3

nounNEMO (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablebiochemistryInitialism of NF-kappa-B essential modulator.

    NEMO deficiency syndrome

Nemo4

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Latin.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of NEMO (“northeastern Missouri”).
nounNemo (plural Nemos)

plural Nemos

  1. informalA clownfish

Origin

  1. Latinnemo
  2. EnglishNemo

From Latin nemo. The "clownfish" meaning comes from the film Finding Nemo, where Nemo is a clownfish.

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APA

nemo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nemo

MLA

“nemo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nemo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nemo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nemo.

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