mona

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Contents 1 Italian 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Descendants 3 Spanish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.3 Noun 3.4 Noun

[edit] Italian

Short form of Madonna.

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *mēnan-, from Indo-European *mēnōt-, a suffixed form of an ultimate root *me- ‘measure’. Cognate with Old Frisian mōna, Old Saxon māno (Dutch maan), Old High German māno (German Mond), Old Norse máni (Swedish måne), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰. The IE root was also the source of Ancient Greek μήν ‘month’, Latin mensis, Old Irish mī, Old Slavic měsęc’ (Russian месяц ‘moon, month’).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmoːnɑ/

[edit] Noun

mōna m. (plural mōnan)

1. moon

[edit] Descendants

• English: moon

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmona/

[edit] Adjective

mona f.

1. Feminine form of mono.

[edit] Noun

mona f. (plural monas)

1. drunkenness, fuddle

[edit] Noun

mona f. (masculine mono, feminine plural monas, masculine plural monos)

1. (female) monkey
2. (Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet