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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.
The creation of L.H.O.O.Q. profoundly transformed the perception of La Joconde (what the French call the painting, in contrast with the Americans and Germans, who call it the Mona Lisa). In 1919 the cult of Jocondisme was practically a secular religion of the French bourgeoisie and an important part of their self image as patrons of the arts.
mona (pl. mone): dialectic form of "cunt" or "pussy." Commonly used in North Eastern Italy, more specifically in Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. [60] palla or balla ...
Anglesey (/ ˈ æ ŋ ɡ əl s iː /; Welsh: Ynys Môn [ˈənɨs ˈmoːn]) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales.It forms the bulk of the county known as the Isle of Anglesey, which also includes Holy Island (Ynys Gybi) and some islets and skerries. [4]
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
Mona Monica is a female given name with many variant forms, including Mónica (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese), Mônica (Brazilian Portuguese), Monique (French), Monika (German, Indian, Lithuanian), Moonika (Estonia), and Mónika (Hungarian).
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.
In 1953 Gell published Conversational Manx, A Series of Graded Lessons in Manx and English, with Phonetic Pronunciation to aid adult learners of Manx that were attending his classes which was serialised in Manx newspaper Mona's Herald, and published the next year. [9] [10] They were described as "one of the best teaching books we have". [1]