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Nomen

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no⋅men

[noh-men]
–noun, plural nom⋅i⋅na [nom-uh-nuh, noh-muh-] .
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”

Origin:
1885–90; < L nōmen name
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