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nemo

/ˈniːmoʊ/

nemo is the acronym of not emanating from main office.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Nemo

Nemo

  1. A male given name from Latin.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Geronimo.
  3. A surname
  4. Alternative letter-case form of NEMO (“northeastern Missouri”).

Noun (1) capitalized: Nemo

Nemo (plural Nemos)

  1. (informal) A clownfish

Proper noun (2) capitalized: NEMO

NEMO

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of northeastern Missouri.

Noun (2) capitalized: NEMO

NEMO (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of NF-kappa-B essential modulator.
    • NEMO deficiency syndrome

Forms of nemo

Noun
pluralNemos
Proper noun
alternative formNemo
alternative formNEMo

Origin of nemo

From Latin nemo. The "clownfish" meaning comes from the film Finding Nemo, where Nemo is a clownfish.

Words formed from nemo

Questions about nemo

What does nemo mean?
Nemo means a male given name from Latin.
What is nemo the acronym of?
Nemo is the acronym of not emanating from main office.
What part of speech is nemo?
Nemo can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce nemo?
Nemo is pronounced /ˈniːmoʊ/.

Words near nemo in the dictionary

  1. Nemitzes
  2. Nemmatan
  3. Nemmers
  4. Nemmerses
  5. nemmine
  6. nemo
  7. Nemo Crater
  8. nemocerous
  9. nemolizumab
  10. nemonapride
  11. nemonychid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nemo (page history and authors); Nemo (page history and authors); NEMO (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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