Gnome (disambiguation)

A gnome is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy.

Gnome or GNOME may also refer to:

Fiction

Gnomes in fictional universes

• English name of the Noldor, one of the tribes of Elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, called Gnomes in Tolkien's early works
• Gnome (Dungeons & Dragons), a race in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
  • Gnome (Dragonlance), a spin-off of the Dungeons & Dragons gnome
• Gnome, one of the eight Mana sprits in the Mana series, representing the element of earth
• Gnomes (Warcraft)

Characters

• Lord Gnome, the fictional proprietor of Private Eye the British satirical magazine
• Gnome (DC comics), a member of the DC Comics superhero team Elementals which first appeared in Super Friends in 1978
• Gnome (Marvel comics), a villain appearing in the Marvel Comics series Nightmask of 1986
• Big Ears, , a gnome featuring in the Noddy series of children's books by Enid Blyton, and in film , theatre and TV productions based on the stories

Titled works

• "Gnomes" (South Park) an episode of the cartoon TV series from 1998
• Gnomes (book), a 1977 book, one in a series of books, written by Wil Huygen and illustrated by Rien Poortvliet
  • Gnomes (film), a 1980 film based on the book
• G-Nome, a PC game released in 1997
• A Gnome Named Gnorm, a 1990 fantasy comedy film

Brands and companies

• Gnome Engine Company, an aircraft engine manufacturer
• Gnome Press, a small-press publishing company known for publishing many science fiction classics (1948–1962)
• Rolls-Royce Gnome, an aircraft engine
• Sky Gnome, a device for accessing radio channels and digital television

History and politics

• Project Gnome, a nuclear test in 1961
• Gnomes of Zurich, disparaging term for Swiss bankers notably used by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1964
• Ramón Mercader, a foreign agent of the USSR codenamed GNOME, who assassinated Leon Trotsky in 1940.

Music

• "The Gnome", a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd
• "The Laughing Gnome", a novelty song by David Bowie

Computing

• GNOME, a desktop environment software for computers running GNU/Linux and Unix-like operating systems
• GNO/ME, short for the GNO Multitasking Environment, for the Apple IIGS computer
• Gnome sort, a sorting algorthim

Other meanings

• Garden gnomes, figurines used as lawn ornaments
• Gnome (rhetoric), saying or maxim providing instruction in compact form