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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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