Mono

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mono"

English

Etymology 1

Uncertain. The Monache, a related ethnic group, seem to derive their name from the same common source as the Mono, as -chi occurs otherwise in the Yokutsan and Miwok languages as a relatively common suffix on tribal names.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊnoʊ/

Noun

Mono (plural Mono or Monos)

1. A member of a Native American people who traditionally live in the central and eastern Sierra Nevada, the Mono Basin, and adjacent areas of the Great Basin in California.

   Coordinate term: Northern Paiute

   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 249:

     The Mono believe that Condor seized humans, cut off their heads and drained their blood in order to flood the home of Ground Squirrel.

2. A Mono wind.
   • 1937, United States. Forest Service. California Region, Fire Control Handbook: Region 5, page 10:

     […] SANTA ANAS, MONOS, AND NORTHERS.

   • 1961, California Fire Control Notes:

     Much of the cool weather was accompanied by dry winds and the occurrence of Monos and Santa Anas was above normal.

   • 1975, Western Forestry and Conservation Association, Permanent Association Committees Proceedings:

     […] Santa Anas of southern California, the Monos of northern California, and the dry winds in Oregon and Washington. In Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, the hot, desiccating winds, called "Siroccos", blow from the desert (south) […]

   • 1981, Lisle R. Green, Burning by Prescription in Chaparral:

     […] the Monos blow from the east. If the ambient northeast Santa Ana winds are of low to moderate intensity and are blowing aloft but not along the ground, upcanyon south or southwest daytime winds may be measured at a burn site when official […]

Proper noun

Mono

1. The Numic language of the Mono people of California.
2. A county in California, United States, see Mono County.
3. An alkaline desert lake (Mono Lake) in this county, having a unique ecosystem.

Derived terms

• Mono County

Etymology 2

Noun

Mono (plural Mono or Monos)

1. A member of an ethnic group from the Congo.

Proper noun

Mono

1. The language of the Mono people of the Congo.
2. A town in Ontario.
3. An island of the Solomon Islands.
4. A river in Togo.

Anagrams

• Moon, OMON, moon, nomo-