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nomen

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈnəʊmən/Sorted emnnoStarts with NEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. The family name of an Ancient Roman, designating their gens.

Word origin

From Latin nōmen (“name”), a clipping of nōmen gentīle (“family name”). Doublet of name and noun.

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  • Greeks and other provincials who gained Roman citizenship kept their Greek names as cognomens, to which they added Roman nomens and praenomens—usually those of the ones to whom they owed their citizenship.
  • The following is a list of the prenomens and nomens of Egyptian kings which are of common occurrence, with transliterations into Roman letters.

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