"A nome (/no\u028Am/; from Greek: \u039D\u03BF\u03BC\u03CC\u03C2, \u201Cdistrict\u201D) was a subnational administrative division of ancient Egypt. Today's use of the Greek \u03BD\u03BF\u03BC\u03AE, nom\u00E9 rather than the Egyptian term sepat came about during the Ptolemaic period, when use of Greek was widespread in Egypt. The availability of Greek records on Egypt influenced the adoption of Greek terms by later historians."@en . . .