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nomenclation

nomenclation noun: a name.

Noun

nomenclation (plural nomenclations)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A name.
    • And if we were to give every hill and Province their old nomenclations from Armenia to Indya, it would savour of presumption and prolixity […]1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section II

Forms of nomenclation

pluralnomenclations

Origin of nomenclation

From Latin nomenclatio.

Questions about nomenclation

What does nomenclation mean?
Nomenclation means a name.
What part of speech is nomenclation?
Nomenclation is a noun.
What is the plural of nomenclation?
The plural of nomenclation is nomenclations.

Words near nomenclation in the dictionary

  1. nomen unitatis
  2. nomen vasis
  3. nomen verbi
  4. nomen vicis
  5. nomenclate
  6. nomenclation
  7. nomenclations
  8. nomenclative
  9. nomenclator
  10. nomenclatorial
  11. nomenclatorially

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