The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nim \Nim\ (n[i^]m), v. t. [imp. Nam (n[aum]m) or Nimmed
   (n[i^]md); p. p. Nomen (n[=o]"men) or Nome (n[=o]m).]
   [AS. niman. [root]7. Cf. Nimble.]
   To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.]
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         This canon it in his hand nam.           --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nome \Nome\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to deal out, distribute.]
   1. A province or political division, as of modern Greece or
      ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.
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   2. Any melody determined by inviolable rules. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nome \Nome\, n. [Cf. Binomial.] (Alg.) [Obs.]
   See Term.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nome \Nome\, Nomen \No"men\, obs.
   p. p. of Nim. --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Nome
    n 1: a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the
         Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold
         rush at the beginning of the 20th century