nome

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century

From French nome, from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “district”), from νέμω (némō, “to divide”). Doublet of nomos.

"All right," said the Nome. — The Magic of Oz, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
"I'm going through to Nome." — The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories, Unknown
"I'm going through to Nome." — The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure, Rex Beach

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