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Mona
‖
Mo′na
,Noun.
[CF. Sp. & Pg.
mona
, fem. of mono
a monkey, ape.] (Zool.)
A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey (
Cercopithecus mona
). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches. Definition 2024
Mona
Mona
Translingual
Proper noun
Mona f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Portulacaceae.
Hyponyms
- (genus): Mona meridensis
English
Proper noun
Mona
- A female given name.
- The third-largest island of the Puerto Rico archipelago.
- A city in Utah.
Anagrams
Faroese
Proper noun
Mona f
- A female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Mona: Monuson
- daughter of Mona: Monudóttir
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Mona |
| Accusative | Monu |
| Dative | Monu |
| Genitive | Monu |
Norwegian
Etymology
20th century short form of Monica or rarely Ramona, sometimes also borrowed from the English Mona.
Proper noun
Mona
- A female given name.
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 12 582 females with the given name Mona living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
mona
mona
Italian
Noun
mona f (plural mone)
mona m (invariable)
- (regional, chiefly Triveneto, vulgar, pejorative) idiot, silly, dupe
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, probably a suffixed form of an ultimate root *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Noun
mōna m (nominative plural mōnan)
Descendants
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- मोन (Devanagari script)
- මොන (Sinhalese script)
- မောန (Burmese script)
- មោន (Khmer script)
- โมน (Thai script)
Noun
mona n