nome
noun
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
nome
1 American
[nohm]
/ noʊm /
Nome
2
American
[nohm]
/ noʊm /
noun
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a seaport in W Alaska.
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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
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of nome
1720–30; < Greek nomós a pasture, district, akin to némein to pasture
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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
Soon came the Caro nome aria and Lily Pons stopped the show.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The volunteer fire department in the landing city Nome said the pilot had told air traffic controllers that "he intended to enter a holding pattern while waiting for the runway to be cleared".
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
They hope to reach the finishing line in Nome, Alaska by early October.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024
I was, while writing, listening to the local stations of Nome, Kotzebue, Utqiagvik, which is Barrow, and watching a fabulous show that I discovered called “Alaska Troopers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
After the winner came in Tuesday in Nome, Urbach told the Anchorage Daily News that the dog fatalities were “obviously very disheartening for our community.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
But at noon an airplane came in from Nome with word that the weather had cleared ahead, and the marshal sent the drivers off.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Pursuing our investigations of the territorial divisions of Egypt, we learn, from Mr. Wallis Budge, that collectively there were 42 nomes in Upper and Lower Egypt.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
To him was ascribed the creation of the world, just as it was ascribed by each of the other nomes to their chief god.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
The army of the north could gather from the remotest nomes by the close of this day also.
From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth
We learn from Strabo that there were many more than twelve—as many, in fact, as were the nomes of Egypt.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Forty-two was the number of divine assessors at the judgment of the dead before Osiris, and was the standard number of the nomes or counties in Egypt.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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