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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.
  • A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.
  • A legendary being, supposed to be short, usually bearded men who inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and act as guardians of mines, treasure, etc
  • paganism A nature spirit in Heathenry.
  • (''Rosicrucianism'') The elemental being of earth.
  • zoology A small owl (''Glaucidium gnoma'') of the Western United States.

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Proper noun:

  • an open source, free software computer desktop environment for Unix operating systems. (''GNOME'' is an acronym for "GNU Network Object Model Environment".)

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