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
Unakleet and Nome are about 150 miles from each other across Norton Sound, an inlet of the Bering Sea on Alaska's western coast.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
The Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft, operated by regional operator Bering Air, was travelling from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday when it lost radar contact.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
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
The aid of Egypt was implored, and certain promises of support and assistance received, in part from Tehrak, in part from Shabatok and other native rulers of nomes and cities.
From Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson
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 A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
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 Elizabeth Miller
Anubis was the principal god in the capitals of the XVIIth and XVIIIth nomes of Upper Egypt, and secondary god in the XIIIth and probably in the XIIth nome; but his cult was universal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
There were other nomes besides the Fayyûm in which the crocodile was worshipped.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
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