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-onomy

-onomy is the alternative form of -nomy.

Meaning of -nomy

Suffix

-nomy

  1. a system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a body of a particular field; distribution, arrangement, management

Questions about -onomy

What is -onomy the alternative form of?
-onomy is the alternative form of -nomy.

Words near -onomy in the dictionary

  1. -one
  2. -onic
  3. -onidine
  4. -onium
  5. -onomics
  6. -onomy
  7. -ont
  8. -onym
  9. -onymy
  10. -oomer
  11. -oon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -onomy (page history and authors); -nomy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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