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 sometimes Montia.

Hyponyms

References

English

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

  1. A female given name.
  2. The third-largest island of the Puerto Rico archipelago.
  3. A city in Utah.

Anagrams

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]
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
  • Hyphenation: Mo‧na

Proper noun

Mona

  1. A female given name.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μόνα (Móna).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mona f (genitive Monae); first declension

  1. The island of Anglesey

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Mona
Genitive Monae
Dative Monae
Accusative Monam
Ablative Monā
Vocative Mona

See also

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
  • 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)

Synonyms

Swedish

Proper noun

Mona c (genitive Monas)

  1. A female given name.
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