Mona may refer to:

People

Mona (name) Mona is a female, and sometimes male, given name and a surname of multiple origins. Given name As a given name, Mona can have the following meanings and origins; In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as ...

, a female given name, nickname and surname *

Mona (Angolan footballer) Nelson Miango Mudile (born 26 July 1997), commonly known as Mona, is an Angolan association football, footballer who currently plays as a Defender (association football), defender for C.D. Primeiro de Agosto, Primeiro de Agosto. In July 2020, Mo ...

(born 1997) *Mona, ring name of American wrestler

Nora Greenwald Nora Kristina Benshoof (''née'' Greenwald; born on September 7, 1977) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler signed to WWE as a producer, she is best known for her appearances with the said company from 2000 to 2005 under the ring n ...

Museums

Museum of Nebraska Art The Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA) is the official art museum of the state of Nebraska. The museum is located in Kearney, Nebraska, and is administratively affiliated with the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The official charter of MONA makes ...

, Kearney, Nebraska, US *

Museum of Neon Art The Museum of Neon Art (MONA) is an institution that exists to encourage learning and curiosity through the preservation, collection, and interpretation of neon art. The first museum devoted to art that incorporates neon lighting, it exclusively e ...

, Los Angeles, California, United States *

Museum of Northwest Art The Museum of Northwest Art (also referred to as MoNA) is an art museum located in La Conner, Washington La Conner is a town in Skagit County, Washington, United States with a population of 965 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Mount ...

La Conner, Washington La Conner is a town in Skagit County, Washington, United States with a population of 965 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon– Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town hosts several events as part of ...

, United States *

Museum of Old and New Art The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is an art museum located within the Moorilla winery on the Berriedale peninsula in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is the largest privately funded museum in the Southern Hemisphere. MONA houses ancient, mode ...

, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Music

Mona (band) MONA is a project started by Nick Brown. Though there has been a revolving cast of band members, Nick has been the sole driving force behind the band. He began in Dayton, Ohio, though he is now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Brown revealed the ba ...

, a Nashville-located alternative rock band ** ''Mona'' (album), released in 2011 *''

Mona – The Carnivorous Circus ''Mona—The Carnivorous Circus'' is a 1970 album by the UK underground artist Mick Farren. The album was recorded to fulfill contractual obligations. Farren had recently returned from a tour of the west coast of North America without his band ...

'', a 1970 album by The Deviants *"

Mona (I Need You Baby) "Mona (I Need You Baby)" is a song written by Ellas McDaniel ( Bo Diddley) and was the B-side to his 1957 single " Hey! Bo Diddley". According to Diddley's obituary in ''The New York Times'', "Mona" was a song of praise he wrote for a 45-year-old ...

", a 1957 song by Bo Diddley *"Mona", a song by James Taylor from his 1985 album ''

That's Why I'm Here ''That's Why I'm Here'' is the eleventh studio album by singer-songwriter James Taylor released in 1985, four years after his previous effort, '' Dad Loves His Work''. The album contains a version of Buddy Holly's "Everyday", as well as the par ...

'' *"Mona", a song by the Beach Boys from their 1977 album '' Love You'' *"Mona", a song by

Nick Mulvey Nick Mulvey (born 4 November 1984) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He played the hang as a founding member of the band Portico Quartet. In 2011 started his career as a singer-songwriter releasing the EPs ''The Trellis'' (2012) ...

from his 2022 album ''New Mythology'' * ''Mona'' (opera), a 1912 opera by Horatio Parker

Places

Settlements

Mona, Anglesey Mona is a hamlet in Anglesey, in north-west Wales. To the north west of the hamlet lies RAF Mona, a relief airfield for RAF Valley. References

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, a village on the Welsh island of Anglesey (in the UK) *

Mona, Iowa Mona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 Census the population of Mona was 34. Mona is located in the northern portion of Mitchell County, one mile south of the Minne ...

, United States, an unincorporated community *

Mona, Jamaica Mona is a neighbourhood in southeastern Saint Andrew Parish, approximately eight kilometres from Kingston, Jamaica. A former sugarcane plantation, it is the site of a reservoir serving the city of Kingston and the main campus of the Universi ...

, a residential neighbourhood of Kingston *

Mona, South Australia Bute is a town in the Northern Yorke peninsula of South Australia, approximately east of Wallaroo and 24 kilometres west of Snowtown. It was proclaimed as a town in 1884 and named after the Isle of Bute, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. It wa ...

, part of the town of Bute, Australia *

Mona, Utah Mona is a city in Juab County, Utah, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,547. It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The city is about halfway between Santaquin and Nephi along Interstate 15. The populatio ...

, United States, a city *

Mona Mona, Queensland Mona Mona is a locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = ...

, a locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia *

Mona Township, Ford County, Illinois Mona Township is one of twelve townships in Ford County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 334 and it contained 152 housing units. The township was formed as Delhi Township from a portion of Rogers Township on March 2, 1 ...

, United States

Landforms

Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...

( la, Mona, link=no), an island off the north-west coast of Wales *

Isla de Mona Mona ( es, Isla de Mona) is the third-largest island of the Puerto Rican archipelago, after the main island of Puerto Rico and Vieques. It is the largest of three islands in the Mona Passage, a strait between the Dominican Republic and Puerto R ...

, Puerto Rico, an island in the Mona Passage *

Isle of Man ) , anthem = "O Land of Our Birth" , image = Isle of Man by Sentinel-2.jpg , image_map = Europe-Isle_of_Man.svg , mapsize = , map_alt = Location of the Isle of Man in Europe , map_caption = Location of the Isle of Man (green) in Europe ...

( la, Mona, link=no), a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea *

Mona Islands The Mona Islands or Mohn Islands (russian: Острова Мона) is a group of a few scattered small islands covered with tundra vegetation. They are located in the Kara Sea, about 30 km north of the western coast of the Taymyr Peninsula i ...

, Siberia, Russia *

Mona Lake Mona Lake is a freshwater lake located in Norton Shores just outside the city of Muskegon in the U.S. state of Michigan ( Muskegon County). Mona Lake is a sandy bottom lake that flows into Lake Michigan via the Mona Lake channel. History Duri ...

, Michigan, United States *Mona Passage, separating the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico *Mona Reservoir, Utah, United States

Fictional locations

*Isle of Mona, a fictionalized version of the Isle of Anglesey in Lloyd Alexander's "The Chronicles of Prydain" series

Science and technology

*''Aechmea'' 'Mona', a hybrid cultivar *Modular Neutron Array * MONA numbering scheme used for moths of North America, also called a Hodges number

Ships and boats

* , a British paddle steamer * , a British packet steamer * , a British paddle steamer originally named ''Calais/Douvres'' * , a British packet steamer originally named ''Hazel'' * , a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1918 to 1919 * RNLB Mona (ON 775), RNLB ''Mona'' (ON 775), 1935, a lifeboat based at Broughty Ferry in Scotland * , a Swedish coaster in service 1957–63 * , a Greek cargo ship wrecked in 1976

Other uses

* Monā, an ASCII art character * Mona (deity), in mythology * Mona (elephant), at Birmingham Zoo in the United States * Mona language (disambiguation) * Mona Modern English Medium School, Sarangarh, Chhattisgarh, India * Mona monkey, a species of monkey that lives through Western Africa and the Caribbean * Mona railway station, Pakistan * 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