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Mono en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈmoʊnoʊ/

Etymology

Uncertain. The Monache, a related ethnic group, seem to derive their name from the same common source as the Mono, as -chi occurs otherwise in the Yokutsan and Miwok languages as a relatively common suffix on tribal names.

Meanings

1. A member of a Native American people who traditionally live in the central and eastern Sierra Nevada, the Mono Basin, and adjacent areas of the Great Basin in California.
   • The Mono believe that Condor seized humans, cut off their heads and drained their blood in order to flood the home of Ground Squirrel. 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 249:
2. A Mono wind.
   • Much of the cool weather was accompanied by dry winds and the occurrence of Monos and Santa Anas was above normal. 1961, California Fire Control Notes:
   • […]SANTA ANAS, MONOS, AND NORTHERS. 1937, United States. Forest Service. California Region, Fire Control Handbook: Region 5, page 10:
   • […]the Monos blow from the east. If the ambient northeast Santa Ana winds are of low to moderate intensity and are blowing aloft but not along the ground, upcanyon south or southwest daytime winds may be measured at a burn site when official[…] 1981, Lisle R. Green, Burning by Prescription in Chaparral:
   • […]Santa Anas of southern California, the Monos of northern California, and the dry winds in Oregon and Washington. In Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, the hot, desiccating winds, called "Siroccos", blow from the desert (south)[…] 1975, Western Forestry and Conservation Association, Permanent Association Committees Proceedings:

Forms

Coordinates

Northern Paiute

Mono en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈmoʊnoʊ/

Etymology

Uncertain. The Monache, a related ethnic group, seem to derive their name from the same common source as the Mono, as -chi occurs otherwise in the Yokutsan and Miwok languages as a relatively common suffix on tribal names.

Meanings

1. The Numic language of the Mono people of California.
2. A county in California, United States, see Mono County.
3. An alkaline desert lake (Mono Lake) in this county, having a unique ecosystem.

Deriveds

Mono County

Mono en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. A member of an ethnic group from the Congo.

Forms

Mono en · PROPN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. The language of the Mono people of the Congo.
2. A town in Ontario.
3. An island of the Solomon Islands.
4. A river in Togo.