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Webster 1913 Edition


Nome

Nome

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to deal out, distribute.]
1.
A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.
2.
Any melody determined by inviolable rules.
[Obs.]

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Webster 1828 Edition


Nome

NOME

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Noun.
1.
A province or tract of country; an Egyptian government or division.
2.
In the ancient Greek music, any melody determined by inviolable rules.
3.
In algebra, a quantity with a sign prefixed or added to it, by which it is connected with another quantity, upon which the whole becomes a binomial, trinomial, and the like.
4.
[Gr. To eat.] In wurgery, a phagedenic ulcer, or species of herpes.

Definition 2024


Nome

Nome

See also: nome, nomé, nõme, and ñome

English

Proper noun

Nome

  1. A seaport in West Alaska
  2. A cape in West Alaska
  3. A river in Alaska

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Nome

  1. A municipality in Telemark, Norway

nome

nome

See also: Nome, nomé, nõme, and ñome

English

Pronunciation

Noun

nome (plural nomes)

  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.
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Etymology 2

Contraction

nome

  1. (US) no ma'am

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Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

  1. name
  2. noun

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Esperanto

Adverb

nome

  1. namely

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

  1. name
  2. (grammar) a noun, a substantive or adjective
  3. (figuratively) fame, renown

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Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Compare Daco-Romanian nume.

Noun

nome (definite nomelu)

  1. name

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈno.me/, [ˈn̺oːme]
  • Hyphenation: nó‧me

Noun

nome m (plural nomi)

  1. name
  2. first name
  3. name, reputation
  4. (grammar) noun

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Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

  1. name

Novial

Noun

nome (plural nomes)

  1. name

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin nōmen (name), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnome/

Noun

nome m

  1. name

Descendants


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen (name), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

Noun

nome m (plural nomes)

  1. name (word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing)
    • 2000, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Rocco, page 264:
      [...] e as letras do seu nome se rearrumaram.
      [...] and the letters of his name rearranged themselves.
  2. name (what somebody is known for)
    Preciso limpar meu nome.
    I must clear my name.
  3. (grammar) noun

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:nome.

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