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Noam

US/ˈnoʊəm/

Noam proper noun: a male given name from Hebrew.

Proper noun

Noam

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
    • According to Noam Chomsky, linguistic theory should concern itself primarily with the investigation of a speaker's competence.1981, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Bilingualism Or Not: The Education of Minorities, page 86
    • We do not spend our days huddled in smoke-filled rooms plotting world domination while Jared Kushner plays dreidel in the back with Noam Chomsky and George Soros sneaks the last latke.2022 January 19, Yair Rosenberg, “Why So Many People Still Don’t Understand Anti-Semitism”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2022

Origin of Noam

From Hebrew נועם (“pleasantness; a male name”).

Questions about Noam

What does Noam mean?
Noam means a male given name from Hebrew.
What part of speech is Noam?
Noam is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Noam?
Noam is pronounced /ˈnoʊəm/ (US).

Words near Noam in the dictionary

  1. Noak
  2. Noakes
  3. Noakhailla
  4. Noakhali
  5. Noakhali District
  6. Noam
  7. Noamlakee
  8. Noank
  9. noarch
  10. Noardeast-Fryslân
  11. Noas

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