nome

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nome - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nim \Nim\ (n[i^]m), v. t. [imp. Nam (n[aum]m) or Nimmed
     (n[i^]md); p. p. Nomen (n[=o]"men) or Nome (n[=o]m).]
     [AS. niman. [root]7. Cf. Nimble.]
     To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.]
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           This canon it in his hand nam.           --Chaucer.
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  Nome \Nome\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to deal out, distribute.]
     1. A province or political division, as of modern Greece or
        ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.
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     2. Any melody determined by inviolable rules. [Obs.]
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  Nome \Nome\, n. [Cf. Binomial.] (Alg.) [Obs.]
     See Term.
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  Nome \Nome\, Nomen \No"men\, obs.
     p. p. of Nim. --Chaucer.
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nome - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Nome
      n 1: 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

nome - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Nome, AK (city, FIPS 54920)
    Location: 64.50923 N, 165.41519 W
    Population (1990): 3500 (1334 housing units)
    Area: 35.7 sq km (land), 23.5 sq km (water)
  Nome, ND (city, FIPS 57180)
    Location: 46.67557 N, 97.81556 W
    Population (1990): 67 (33 housing units)
    Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 58062
  Nome, TX (city, FIPS 51720)
    Location: 30.03443 N, 94.41812 W
    Population (1990): 448 (187 housing units)
    Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)