Two column nomenclature with title above the columns

Question

I'd like to print a nomenclature in two columns while keeping the title outside (above) the columns, starting from this:

I used multicols as suggested here, but it includes the title in the first column.

Using \renewcommand{\nomname}{} creates a blank line in the first column.

Removing \renewcommand{\nomname}{} prints Nomenclature as the default title (so it looks like the second picture again).

This is my code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{nomencl}
\makenomenclature
\title{Nomenclature}
\date{}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\mbox{}
\nomenclature{Spa.}{Spanish}
\nomenclature{Lat.}{Latin}
\nomenclature{It.}{Italian}
\nomenclature{Fr.}{French}
\nomenclature{En.}{English}
\nomenclature{Pt.}{Portuguese}
\nomenclature{Rus.}{Russian}
\nomenclature{Ger.}{German}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\printnomenclature
\end{multicols}
\end{document}

And this is my goal:

(I found this possible solution but nothing appears when I compile the suggested code.)

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 18 '21 at 19:50

nomencl package has a preamble and a postamble to add code before and after the list, so the adjustement is rather simple:

\documentclass{article}
%%\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}  % unnecessary in modern LaTeX
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{nomencl}
\makenomenclature
\renewcommand\nompreamble{\begin{multicols}{2}}
\renewcommand\nompostamble{\end{multicols}}
\title{Nomenclature}
\date{}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\nomenclature{Spa.}{Spanish} \nomenclature{Lat.}{Latin}
\nomenclature{It.}{Italian}  \nomenclature{Fr.}{French}
\nomenclature{En.}{English}  \nomenclature{Pt.}{Portuguese}
\nomenclature{Rus.}{Russian} \nomenclature{Ger.}{German}
\printnomenclature
\end{document}

This then gives

Two column nomenclature with title above the columns

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