Nome

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Nome refers to several things:

• A subnational division:
  • in Ancient Egypt (see Nome (Egypt))
  • in Greece (see Prefectures of Greece)
• Place names:
  • The town of Nome, Norway
  • The town of Nome, Alaska, USA
  • The town of Nome, Texas, USA
  • The very small city of Nome, North Dakota (in Barnes County, North Dakota), USA
  • Nome, Queensland, Australia 17km's south of Townsville
• Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
• In mathematics, the Nome (mathematics).
• In the Oz books by L. Frank Baum, Nome was the spelling of Gnome, which was used because Baum felt the former to be too difficult for young children to pronounce. See: Nome King
• Characters from the Bromeliad_Trilogy by Terry Pratchett