Gnome (disambiguation) - Definition

Gnome can refer to many different things:

• Gnome — a mythical creature
• The GNOME desktop — a desktop environment for computers running Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
• The Ñoldor — one of the tribes of Elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, are called Gnomes in Tolkien's early works.
• Underpants Gnomes — characters from an episode of the South Park television show, who collect underpants for profit
• Ramón Mercader — a foreign agent of the USSR codenamed GNOME, who assassinated Leon Trotsky
• The Gnome Engine Company — an early 20th Century aircraft engine manufacturer