MONA

Anglesey, Anglesey Island, Anglesea, Anglesea Island, Mona

(noun) an island to the northwest of Wales

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mona (plural monas)

Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.

Anagrams

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

Etymology

Anglicized form Gaelic Muadhnait, from muadh "noble". In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monika or, rarely, of Ramona, and sometimes associated with the title of da Vinci's painting Mona (=madonna) Lisa.

Proper noun

Mona

A female given name from Irish.

The third-largest island of the Puerto Rico archipelago.

A city in Utah.

Anagrams

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

Source: Wiktionary


Mo"na, n. Etym: [CF. Sp. & Pg. mona, fem. of mono a monkey, ape.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey (Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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