Mona
//ˈmoʊnə// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from Irish.
- 2 Acronym of Moths of North America. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 3 A female given name from Arabic.
- 4 The third-largest island of the Puerto Rico archipelago.
- 5 A city in Utah.
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- 6 A surname.
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More examples"Mona Lisa has a mild but mysterious smile."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Spanish mona (“monkey”).
Etymology 2
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.
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