Mona
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See also mona
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Translingual [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Mona
- A taxonomic genus within the family Portulacaceae.
See also [edit]
Portulacaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Portulacaceae
Portulacaceae on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Portulacaceae
English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
Mona
- A female given name.
Anagrams [edit]
Danish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Mona
- A female given name.
German [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Mona
- A female given name.
Norwegian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
20th century short form of Monica or rarely Ramona, sometimes also borrowed from the English Mona.
Proper noun [edit]
Mona
- A female given name.
References [edit]
- 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.
Swedish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Mona
- A female given name.
Related terms [edit]
Categories:
- Translingual proper nouns
- Taxonomic names needing vernacular names
- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- English proper nouns
- English female given names from Irish
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish female given names
- German proper nouns
- German female given names
- Norwegian terms derived from English
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian female given names
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish female given names