Monica
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A female given name from Latin.
"They named her Monica. Why the name was chosen I have never learnt; but I do not conceive that there was any reason for the choice other than the taste of her parents in the matter of sounds. It is a pleasing enough name, euphoniously considered, and beyond that — as is so commonly the case — no considerations were taken into account. To her, however, at once imaginative and of a feeble and dependent spirit, the name was fateful. St. Monica was made the special object of her devotions in her childhood, and reigned so later when she became a wife."
Example
More examples"Bill Clinton spoke in ambiguous language when asked to describe his relationship with Monica Lewinsky."
Etymology
From Latin Mŏnĭca, name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain meaning but probably Berber or Phoenician origin.
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