Definition of "nomes" []

• Plural form of nome. (noun)

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• "So to the homeowner whose three garden "nomes" - as a police officer labelled them - took a walk last spring, the good news is they're safe."
• "If this sense is approved, the fact that Egypt was divided into provinces, afterwards called nomes, may probably hence have received its origin."
• "The nomes are a numerous and mischievous people, living in underground caverns of wide extent, connected one with another by arches and passages."