Definition of "nome"

nome¹

/nəʊm/

noun
plural nomes
1. A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece.
2. A territorial division of ancient Egypt.
  Quotations
  Yet the part will be as the whole, and you will be the High Priest in this nome of Egypt.
  1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings

nome²

/nəʊm/

noun
plural nomes
1. A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece.

nome³

/nəʊm/

interjection
1. (US, regional) Alternative form of no'm (“no ma'am”)
  Quotations
  Mother said, “Is he cold, Versh.”“Nome.” Versh said.
  1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society, published 2016, page 7

nome⁴

/nəʊm/

noun
1. (mathematics, obsolete) A term in an algebraic expression.
2. (mathematics) A special function with which elliptic functions and modular forms can be described.