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Mona f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Montiaceae – now usually Montia.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Montiaceae - family

• (genus): Mona meridensis (now sometimes Montia meridensis) - sole accepted species

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

Anglicized from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Muadhnait, from Middle Irish múad (“noble”). In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monica or, rarely, of Ramona, and sometimes associated with the title of da Vinci's painting Mona (=madonna) Lisa.

The Arabic and Persian name مُنىٰ (munā) is sometimes Romanised as Mona.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊnə/
• Rhymes: -oʊnə

Mona

1. A female given name from Irish.
2. A female given name from Arabic.
3. The third-largest island of the Puerto Rico archipelago.
4. A city in Utah.
5. A surname.

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmona]
• Hyphenation: Mo‧na

Mona f

1. a female given name

Mona

1. a female given name

Mona f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Mona: Monuson
• daughter of Mona: Monudóttir

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoːnaː]
• Hyphenation: Mo‧na

Mona

1. a female given name

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μόνα (Móna).

Cognate with the Celtic names of other isles, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos (related to Welsh mynydd, Cornish menydh, Breton menez), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare mōns).

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

Mona f sg (genitive Monae); first declension

1. The island of Anglesey

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Monapia

• “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

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

Mona

1. a female given name

• 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.

Mona f

1. Mona (ancient name of Anglesey)

   Synonym: Anglesey

• IPA^(key): /²moːna/
• Rhymes: -²oːna
• Homophone: måna

Mona c (genitive Monas)

1. a female given name

• Mona-Lisa
• Monika

• Oman