NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Nome

Nome refers to several things:

The town of Nome, Norway
The town of Nome, Alaska, USA
Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
A subnational division (see Nome (subnational division):
- in Greece (see Nome (Greece))
- in Ancient Egypt (see Nome (Egypt))
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

This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

Category: Disambiguation County Telemark Landscape Grenland Municipality NO-0819 Administrative centre Ulefoss Mayor (2003) Jan Thorsen (Sp) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 229 430 km² 386 km² 0. ... Nome is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. ... Nome Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska. ... Subnational divisions called nomes (nomoi): Nome (Greece) Nome (Ancient Egypt) See also: nomad. ... A nome is a subnational division in modern Greece. ... Map of Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt was a civilization along the Lower Nile, reaching from the Nile Delta in the north as far south Jebel Barkal at the time of its greatest extension (15th century BC). ... The nomes of Ancient Egypt A nome (Greek: district) is a subnational administrative division of Ancient Egypt. ... Mathematics is often defined as the study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change. ... In mathematics, specifically the theory of elliptic functions, the nome is a special function and is given by where K and iK are the quarter periods, and and are the fundamental pair of periods. ... Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 â€“ May 6, 1919) was an American author, and the creator with illustrator W. W. Denslow of one of the most popular books ever written in American childrens literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. ... The GNOME project is an international effort to create an easy-to-use computer desktop environment built entirely from software considered free by the Free Software Foundation. ... Cover of The Gnome King of Oz (1927) by Ruth Plumly Thompson. ...

Results from FactBites:

Nome, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1076 words)
	Nome was incorporated in 1901, and its now within the Sitnasuak Native Corporation lands.
	In the winter of 1925, a diphtheria epidemic among Eskimos in Nome was halted when, during fierce blizzard conditions, a sled team arrived with serum.
	In 1925, Nome was the destination of the famous Mercy Race to Nome, where dog sleds played a large part in transporting diphtheria serum through harsh conditions.

More results at FactBites »

Encyclopedia > Nome