nome

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UK/nəʊm/US/noʊm/

noun

A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.

“Laconia is the southernmost nome in the Peloponnese.”

Less commonScrabble 6

Meanings

nome1

nounnome (plural nomes)

plural nomes

  1. A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.

    Laconia is the southernmost nome in the Peloponnese.

  2. A territorial division of ancient Egypt.

    Yet the part will be as the whole, and you will be the High Priest in this nome of Egypt.

    1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings

nome2

nounnome (plural nomes)

plural nomes

nome3

interjection
  1. USalternativeregionalAlternative form of no'm (“no ma'am”).

    Mother said, “Is he cold, Versh.” “Nome.” Versh said.

    1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society, published 2016, page 7

nome4

noun
  1. obsoletemathematicsA term in an algebraic expression.
  2. mathematicsA special function with which elliptic functions and modular forms can be described.

Nome5

proper noun
  1. A place in the United States:
    1. A city and seaport on the Seward Peninsula, West Alaska.
    2. A census area on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, which includes St. Lawrence Island.
    3. A cape in West Alaska.
  2. A municipality in Telemark county, Norway, with its headquarters in Ulefoss.
  3. A rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Origin

nome · noun

  1. Ancient Greekνομός“district”
  2. Frenchnome
  3. Englishnome

From French nome, from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “district”), from νέμω (némō, “to divide”). Doublet of nomos.

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nome · noun

  1. Ancient Greekνόμος
  2. Englishnome

From Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos), from νέμω (némō, “to divide”). Differs from Etymology 1 in the position of Ancient Greek accent, though from the same root. Doublet of nomos and namus.

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nome · interjection

Contraction.

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nome · noun

  1. Ancient Greekνομός
  2. French-nôme
  3. Englishnome

The sense "term" is from French -nôme, second element of binôme etc., again from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós) here in its sense "division". The name of the special function may be identical or may be an independent borrowing from the Greek.

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Translations

Bulgarian Но́ум
  • Но́ум (Nóum)seaport
Esperanto nomarĥio, nomarĥio
  • nomarĥioprefecture in (modern) Greece
  • nomarĥioterritorial division of ancient Egypt
  • nomarkioterritorial division of ancient Egypt
French Nome
  • Nomeseaport
Greek νομός, νομός
  • νομός (nomós)prefecture in (modern) Greece
  • νομός (nomós)territorial division of ancient Egypt
  • νόμος (nómos)type of musical composition in ancient Greece
Polish nom
  • nomterritorial division of ancient Egypt
Portuguese nomo
  • nomoterritorial division of ancient Egypt
Russian Ном
  • Ном (Nom)seaport

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Cite this entry
APA

nome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nome

MLA

“nome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nome.

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