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nome.

A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

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noun/nəʊm/Received-Pronunciation/noʊm/General-American
  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.

Where this word comes from

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

noun/nəʊm/Received-Pronunciation/noʊm/General-American
  1. A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.

Where this word comes from

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.

noun/nəʊm/Received-Pronunciation/noʊm/General-American
  1. A term in an algebraic expression.

    obsolete
  2. A special function with which elliptic functions and modular forms can be described.

Where this word comes from

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.

intj/nəʊm/Received-Pronunciation/noʊm/General-American
  1. Alternative form of no'm (“no ma'am”).

    US · alt-of · alternative · regional
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