Mona

See also mona

Translingual

Proper noun

Mona

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Portulacaceae.

See also

• Portulacaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Portulacaceae
• Portulacaceae on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Portulacaceae

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English

Etymology

Anglicized form Gaelic Muadhnait, from muadh "noble". In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monika or, rarely, of Ramona, and sometimes associated with the title of da Vinci's painting Mona ( =madonna) Lisa.

Proper noun

Mona

1. A female given name.

Anagrams

• moan, noma, Oman

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Danish

Proper noun

Mona

1. A female given name.

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German

Proper noun

Mona

1. A female given name.

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Norwegian

Etymology

20th century short form of Monica or rarely Ramona, sometimes also borrowed from the English Mona.

Proper noun

Mona

1. A female given name.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [1] 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.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Mona

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Mona-Lisa
• Monika