Nomini is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Westmoreland County, in the
U. S. state
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of
Virginia
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.
Nomini is a name derived from a Native American language meaning "deep current".
The name Nomini refers to the Native American village o
Onawmanientand its surrounding land which was located along the left bank of current day Nomini Creek.
was the center of the
Matchotic chiefdom.
References
Unincorporated communities in Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Westmoreland County, Virginia
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