ノーム

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Japanese

 ノーム on Japanese Wikipedia
 ノーム (妖精) on Japanese Wikipedia
 四大精霊 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From English gnome, from French gnome.

Pronunciation

Noun

ノーム (nōmu

  1. a gnome (legendary being)
  2. a gnome (elemental being of earth)
    • 2003 April 10, Kozue Amano, “Navigation(ナビゲーション)08(れいはち) (ほし)(うた)(ごえ) [Navigation 08: Chorus of the Planet]”, in ARIA(アリア) [Aria], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, page 80:
      火星(アクア)()()にはね地重管理人(ノーム)という(ひと)(たち)がいて——(じゅう)(りょく)(いち)(ジー)(たも)ってくれてるのよ
      Akua no chika ni wa ne Nōmu to iu hito-tachi ga ite—— jūryoku o ichi-jī ni tamotte kureteru no yo
      The people known as Gnomes, who live under the ground of Aqua, are responsible for maintaining gravity at 1 g

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