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nomos

nomos noun: the body of law, especially that governing human behaviour.

Noun (1)

nomos (plural nomoi)

  1. The body of law, especially that governing human behaviour.

Noun (2)

nomos (plural nomoi)

  1. A territorial division of ancient Egypt; a nome.

nomos meaning in Tamil

nomos in Tamil

மரபு, வழக்கு

Forms of nomos

pluralnomoi

Origin of nomos

From Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos). Doublet of nome and namus.

From Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “district”), from νέμω (némō, “to divide”). Doublet of nome.

Questions about nomos

What does nomos mean?
Nomos means the body of law, especially that governing human behaviour.
What is nomos in Tamil?
Nomos in Tamil is மரபு, வழக்கு. See Nomos meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nomos?
Nomos is a noun.
What is the plural of nomos?
The plural of nomos is nomoi.

Words near nomos in the dictionary

  1. nomophobia
  2. nomophobic
  3. nomophylactic
  4. nomophylakes
  5. nomophylax
  6. nomos
  7. nomotheism
  8. nomotheist
  9. nomotheistic
  10. nomotheists
  11. nomothete

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nomos (page history and authors); nomos (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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