NOME

Nome

(noun) a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

nome (plural nomes)

A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.

A territorial division of ancient Egypt.

A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.

(obsolete) A term in an algebraic expression.

Etymology 2

Contraction.

Interjection

nome

(US, regional) Alternative form of no'm (“no ma'am”)

Etymology 3

Noun

nome

(math) A special function with which elliptic functions and modular forms can be described.

Anagrams

• Emon, Mone, NEMO, meno-, meon, mone, nemo, omen

Proper noun

Nome

A seaport in West Alaska

A cape in West Alaska

A river in Alaska

Anagrams

• Emon, Mone, NEMO, meno-, meon, mone, nemo, omen

Source: Wiktionary


Nome, n. Etym: [Gr.

1. A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.

2. Any melody determined by inviolable rules. [Obs.]

Nome, n. Etym: [Cf. Binomial.] (Alg.) [Obs.]

Definition: See Term.

Nome, No"men, obs. p. p.

Definition: of Nim. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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