Mona

See also: mona, móna, mòna, moña, Móňa, mǫnă, mona-, and -mona

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Mona f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family  – now sometimes .

Hyponyms

• (genus): (now sometimes ) 

References

• Portulacaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Portulacaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mona on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mona at The Plant List

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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 from Irish.
2. The third-largest island of the Puerto Rico archipelago.
3. A city in Utah.

Anagrams

• Amon, Mano, NOMA, Noam, Oman, Onam, mano, moan, noma

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Danish

Proper noun

Mona

1. a female given name.

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Faroese

Proper noun

Mona f

1. 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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoːnaː]

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• Hyphenation: Mo‧na

Proper noun

Mona

1. a female given name.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μόνα (Móna).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.na/, [ˈmɔnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.na/, [ˈmɔːnä]

Proper noun

Mona f sg (genitive Monae); first declension

1. The island of Anglesey

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mona
Genitive	Monae
Dative	Monae
Accusative	Monam
Ablative	Monā
Vocative	Mona

See also

• Monapia

References

• “Mona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Mona”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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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
• [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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Portuguese

Proper noun

Mona f

1. Mona (ancient name of Anglesey)

Synonyms

• Anglesey

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Swedish

Proper noun

Mona c (genitive Monas)

1. a female given name.

Related terms

• Mona-Lisa
• Monika

Anagrams

• Oman