nome
noun
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
nome
1 American
[nohm]
/ noʊm /
Nome
2
American
[nohm]
/ noʊm /
noun
-
a seaport in W Alaska.
-
Cape, a cape in W Alaska, on Seward Peninsula, W of Nome.
nome
British
/ nəʊm /
noun
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any of the former provinces of modern Greece; nomarchy
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an administrative division of ancient Egypt
Etymology
Origin of nome
1720–30; < Greek nomós a pasture, district, akin to némein to pasture
Example Sentences
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Gal Costa foi das maiores cantoras do mundo, das nossas principais artistas a levar o nome e os sons do Brasil para todo o planeta.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2022
She smiled and held up hers: ‘Il nome della rosa.’
From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2022
Yerson would only identify himself by his nome de guerre.
From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2018
The great aria, caro nome, came, prodigious in its demands upon the strength, purity and agility of the upper soprano voice.
From Time Magazine Archive
We find evidence for similar bitterness in the archive of the Greek magistrate Diophanes, who presided over the Arsinoite nome in middle Egypt toward the end of Eratosthenes’ lifetime in the late third century.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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