Associations to the word «Nome»

Wiktionary

NOME, noun. A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.
NOME, noun. A territorial division of ancient Egypt.
NOME, noun. A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.
NOME, noun. (obsolete) A term in algebra.
NOME, proper noun. Seaport in West Alaska
NOME, proper noun. Cape in West Alaska
NOME, proper noun. A river in Alaska

Dictionary definition

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.

Wise words

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