Nome

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /nəʊm/
• US enPR: nōm, IPA: /noÊŠm/
• Homophones: Nome, gnome, no'm

Ancient Greek νομός, from νέμειν (nemein, "to divide").

Full definition of nome

Noun

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.
• 1983, Yet the part will be as the whole, and you will be the High Priest in this nome of Egypt. — Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings
3. A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.
4. (obsolete) A term in algebra.

Contraction

1. (US) no ma'am

Anagrams

• omen