nome

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/nəʊm/
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/nəʊm/ · /noʊm/ · /noʊm/ (US)

Definition of nome

14 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.
    “Laconia is the southernmost nome in the Peloponnese.”
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noun

  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.”
  3. A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.
  4. (obsolete)A term in an algebraic expression.
  5. A special function with which elliptic functions and modular forms can be described.

intj

  1. (US, alt-of, alternative, regional)Alternative form of no'm (“no ma'am”).
    “Mother said, “Is he cold, Versh.” “Nome.” Versh said.”

name

  1. A place in the United States:
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A place in the United States:
  5. A place in the United States:
  6. A place in the United States:
  7. A municipality in Telemark county, Norway, with its headquarters in Ulefoss.
  8. A rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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Etymology

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

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