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Nome

Nome

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A city in western Alaska known for its gold rush history and as a supply center
  • proper noun
  • /noʊm/
: Nome
  • From Anchorage to Nome, the excitement of the incredible 1,049-mile Iditarod dog sled race is incomparable.
  • Nome, Alaska
  • the town of Nome
  • trip to Nome

Examples

  • In 1925, a diphtheria epidemic spread through the town of Nome, Alaska.

    Blog text (5)

  • Jets were coming in from Nome tomorrow.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Did you get it in Nome?

    Strait & Narrow (2016)

  • I got you guys something up in Nome.

    Alaska (1996)

  • It's nice to be together with everyone here in Nome, Alaska this afternoon.

  • Well, why wouldn't you just go to Nome to get supplies and a wife?

    Blast from the Past (1999)

  • No, I imagine we can pick most of it up in just a day's excursion out of Nome.

    Wyatt Earp (1994)

  • In Nome, after his daily walks, he would fall upon his stash of chocolate like a schoolboy.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The relay of antitoxin saved the city of Nome, and the Serum Run actually celebrates that.

    Blog text (5)

  • I have been living in Nome for a long, long time, but I was born in Russia.

Surface Forms

Nome main

Etymology

Nome probably got its name from a simple map mistake. One popular story says a chart once had the note 'Name?' for an unnamed spot, someone read that as 'Nome', and the label stayed, which is why the Alaskan town is called Nome today.