# Mona
## Translingual
### Etymology

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### Proper noun

Mona f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Montiaceae – synonym of 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 (syn. of 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: /ˈmoʊnə/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈməʊnə/
* Rhymes: -əʊnə
* Homophone: moaner (non-rhotic)

### Proper noun

Mona
* A female given name from Irish.
* A female given name from Arabic.
* The third-largest island of the Puerto Rico archipelago.
* A city in Utah.
* A surname.

#### Derived terms

* Mona Passage

### Anagrams

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

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmona]
* Hyphenation: Mo‧na

### Proper noun

Mona f
* a female given name

#### Declension
## Danish
### Proper noun

Mona
* a female given name

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Mona f
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Mona: Monuson
* daughter of Mona: Monudóttir

#### Declension
## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmoːnaː]
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Mo‧na

### Proper noun

Mona
* 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: /ˈmo.na/, [ˈmɔnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmo.na/, [ˈmɔːnä]

### Proper noun

Mona f sg (genitive Monae); first declension
* The island of Anglesey

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### 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
* a female given name

### References

* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
* 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
* Mona (ancient name of Anglesey)
    Synonym: Anglesey

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²moːna/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -²oːna
* Homophone: måna

### Proper noun

Mona c (genitive Monas)
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* Mona-Lisa
* Monika

### Anagrams

* Oman