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a province of ancient Egypt

Origin: Gr nomos < nemein, distribute: see -nomy

city in W Alas., on the S coast of Seward Peninsula: pop. 3,500

Origin: after nearby Cape Nome, prob. < “? name,” query on an early map, misread as C. Nome

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noun

A province of Pharaonic, Hellenistic, and Roman Egypt.
A nomarchy.

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Origin: Greek nomos, district, custom; see nem- in Indo-European roots

A city of western Alaska on Norton Sound and the southern coast of Seward Peninsula. It was founded as a gold-mining camp in 1896 and was an important center of the Alaskan gold rush from 1899 to 1903. Population: 3,550.

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