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nomarchs

nomarchs is the plural of nomarch.

Meaning of nomarch

Noun

nomarch (plural nomarchs)

  1. (historical) The governor of an ancient Egyptian nome.
  2. The chief administrator of a modern Greek nomarchy.
    • The boys had made kokoretsi out of the intestines and offal of the goat they had taken from the resentful nomarch of the village, and were watching it sizzle in the cinders of the fire.1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 229

Questions about nomarchs

What is nomarchs the plural of?
Nomarchs is the plural of nomarch.

Words near nomarchs in the dictionary

  1. Nomansland
  2. NOMAP
  3. NOMAPs
  4. nomarch
  5. nomarchies
  6. nomarchs
  7. nomarchy
  8. Nomarski
  9. Nomarski prism
  10. Nomarski prisms
  11. nomarthral

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