nomarchy

[ nom-ahr-kee ]

/ ˈnɒm ɑr ki /

one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.

Origin of nomarchy

First recorded in 1650–60, nomarchy is from the Greek word nomarchía rule of a province. See nomarch, -y³

nomad, nomadic, nomadism, nomadize, nomarch, nomarchy, nombles, nombril, nome, nomen, nomenclator

Acarna′nia, the most westerly portion of Northern Greece, together with tolia now forming a nomarchy with a pop.

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At the present day Arcadia forms a nomarchy of the kingdom of Greece.

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Achaia with Elis now forms a nomarchy of the kingdom of Greece.

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nomarchy

/ (ˈnɒmɑːkɪ, -əkɪ) /

any of the provinces of modern Greece; nome

C19: from Greek; see nome, -archy