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Nomos (plural: Nomoi) can refer to:
- the prefectures of Greece, the administrative division immediately below the peripheries of Greece (Greek: νομός, pl. νομοί)
- the subdivisions of Ancient Egypt, see Nome (subnational division)
- law (Greek: νόμος, pl. νόμοι). It is the origin of the suffix -onomy, as in astronomy, economy, taxonomy.
- In Greek mythology, the spirit of law
- In the sociology of religion of Peter L. Berger, nomoi are meaningful orders or worldviews of individuals.
- a German watch company
- a magazine published in the 1980s and 1990s, connected with the libertarian movement