Definition of "nomarchy" [nom•arch•y]

• Any of the administrative provinces of the modern Greek state. (noun)

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• "(Leukas), and Ithaca, etc. have formed a nomarchy or province of the kingdom."
• "Cerigo alone has been incorporated in the continental nomarchy of Messenia."