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 Montiaceae – now usually Montia.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

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

References

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

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊnə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊnə/
• Rhymes: -əʊnə
• Homophone: moaner (non-rhotic)

Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

• Mona Passage

 

Anagrams

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

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mona f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Mona (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Mona
genitive	Mony
dative	Moně
accusative	Monu
vocative	Mono
locative	Moně
instrumental	Monou

Danish

Proper noun

Mona

1. a female given name

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoːnaː]

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• Hyphenation: Mo‧na

Proper noun

Mona

1. a female given name

Latin

Etymology

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).

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.

	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

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.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Mona f

1. Mona (ancient name of Anglesey)

   Synonym: Anglesey

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²moːna/

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• Rhymes: -²oːna
• Homophone: måna

Proper noun

Mona c (genitive Monas)

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Mona-Lisa
• Monika

Anagrams

• Oman