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In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, [citation needed] Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monika or, rarely, of Ramona or Simona. [citation needed] It is sometimes associated with the title of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa, although in that context the word Mona is actually a title rather than a name.
accidenti [attʃiˈdɛnti]: literally "accidents"; used in the same context of English "damn", either as an exclamation of something gone wrong, or to wish harm (accidents) on someone (ex. "accidenti a lui", which can be translated as "damn him"). [2] arrapare: sexually arouse someone. [3] arrapato: aroused sexually [4]
Mona Ramona is usually a feminine given name, the feminine form of Ramon ( Spanish ) and Raymond ( Old German ), meaning "wise protector". [ 2 ] Today, it is used in Spain, Romania, the Republic of Moldova, Italy, and Portugal, and in some countries of Latin America and North America. [ 1 ]
Mona or Mouna, an Algerian pastry; RAF Mona, a Royal Air Force station on the island of Anglesey, Wales; Mona the Virgin Nymph, also known as Mona, a 1970 theatrical release pornographic film; Mona, a 2019 novel by Argentinian author Pola Oloixarac; Mona, the codename for Morgana, a character from Persona 5
The etymology of Monica is unknown. Its earliest attestation known today is as the name of Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine.St. Monica was born in Numidia in North Africa, but was also a citizen of Carthage, hence the name may be of Punic or Berber origin. [1]
In 2002, the Jamaican Language Unit was set up at the University of the West Indies at Mona to begin standardizing the language, with the aim of supporting non-English-speaking Jamaicans according to their constitutional guarantees of equal rights, as services of the state are normally provided in English, which a significant portion of the ...
Lisa del Giocondo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈliːza del dʒoˈkondo]; née Gherardini [ɡerarˈdiːni]; June 15, 1479 – July 14, 1542) was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany.
Desdemona (/ ˌ d ɛ z d ə ˈ m oʊ n ə /) is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello (c. 1601–1604). Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello, a Moorish Venetian military prodigy.