Mono may refer to:

Common meanings

Infectious mononucleosis Infectious mononucleosis (IM, mono), also known as glandular fever, is an infection usually caused by the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV). Most people are infected by the virus as children, when the disease produces few or no symptoms. In young adult ...

, "the kissing disease" *

Monaural Monaural or monophonic sound reproduction (often shortened to mono) is sound intended to be heard as if it were emanating from one position. This contrasts with stereophonic sound or ''stereo'', which uses two separate audio channels to reproduc ...

, monophonic sound reproduction, often shortened to mono *

Mono- Numeral or number prefixes are prefixes derived from numerals or occasionally other numbers. In English and many other languages, they are used to coin numerous series of words. For example: * unicycle, bicycle, tricycle (1-cycle, 2-cycle, 3-cyc ...

, a numerical prefix representing anything single

Music

Performers

* Mono (Japanese band), an instrumental band * Mono (UK band), an electronic band * Miky Mono, former member of

Mono Inc. Mono Inc. is a German gothic rock band from Hamburg, founded in 2000. MONO is a derivative of Monomania (German "Monomanie"), a term from the 19th century psychiatric disease theory, a form of partial insanity conceived as single pathological ...

, a German gothic rock band * Richard Targett and the Monos, a side-project to

The Trudy The Trudy are an English post-punk band formed in Kingston upon Thames in 1979 by former Cardiacs members Peter Tagg (drums) and Ralph Cade (vocals and keyboards) along with Derek Tagg (guitar) and Sue Smallwood (bass). In 1980 The Trudy, with ...

Albums

* ''Mono'' (Alpha Wolf album) or the title song, 2017 * ''Mono'' (Fury in the Slaughterhouse album), 1993 * ''Mono'' (The Icarus Line album), 2001 * ''Mono'' (Lena Katina album) or the title song, 2019 * ''Mono'' (The Mavericks album), 2015 * ''Mono'' (mixtape), by RM, 2018 * ''Mono'', by Paul Westerberg, packaged with ''

Stereo Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. This is usually achieved by using two independent audio channels through a configuration ...

'', 2002

Songs

* "Mono" (song), by Courtney Love, 2004 * "Mono", by Fightstar from '' They Liked You Better When You Were Dead'', 2005 * "Mono", by Monrose from '' Ladylike'', 2010 * "Mono", by Whitechapel from '' Our Endless War'', 2014

Places

United States

* Mono or Mono Mills, California, a ghost town *

Mono County, California Mono County ( ) is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,195, making it the fourth-least populous county in California. The county seat is Bridgeport. The co ...

** Mono Village, Mono County, California, a former settlement *

Mono Lake Mono Lake ( ) is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake which make its water alka ...

, California *

Mono Pass Mono Pass is a mountain pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, ...

, Yosemite National park, California

Elsewhere

Mono Department Mono is one of the twelve departments of Benin, with its capital at Lokossa. It is named for the Mono River which forms much of the border with Togo. The northern areas of the department were split off to create the newly formed Kouffo Departme ...

, Benin * Mono, Ontario, Canada, a town * Monó, Romania, a village * Mono Island, Solomon Islands * Mono River, Togo

People and languages

Mono tribe The Mono ( ) are a Native American people who traditionally live in the central Sierra Nevada, the Eastern Sierra (generally south of Bridgeport), the Mono Basin, and adjacent areas of the Great Basin. The Eastern mono is often grouped under ...

, a tribe of Native Americans in California ** Mono language (California), their language * Mono people (Congo), ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ** Mono language (Congo), their language *

Mono language (Solomon Islands) Mono, or Alu, is an Oceanic language of Solomon Islands reported in 1999 to be spoken by 660 people on Treasury Island (Mono proper), 2,270 on Shortland Island (Alu dialect), and 14 on Fauro Island Fauro Island is an island of the Shortland Isla ...

, a dialect of Mono-Alu language *

José María Gatica José María Gatica (25 May 1925 – 12 November 1963) was an Argentine boxer, one of Argentina's most famous sports idols. Gatica fought 96 times, winning 86 (72 by KO). He was a popular figure in Argentina. However, Gatica's boxing career was ...

(1925–1963), Argentine boxer nicknamed "El Mono"

Other uses

* BAC Mono, a British sports car which began production in 2011 * Mono, a character in the video game ''

Little Nightmares II ''Little Nightmares II'' is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios, published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the prequel to '' Little Nightmares'' (2017). The story follows Mono, who must work together with ...

'' * Mono, a character in the video game ''

Shadow of the Colossus ''Shadow of the Colossus'' is a 2005 action-adventure game developed by Japan Studio and Team Ico, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It takes place in a fantasy setting and follows Wander, a young man who ente ...

'' * ''Mono'' (film), a 2016 American film featuring Sam Lerner *

Mono (software) Mono is a free and open-source .NET Framework-compatible software framework. Originally by Ximian, it was later acquired by Novell, and is now being led by Xamarin, a subsidiary of Microsoft and the .NET Foundation. Mono can be run on many softw ...

, an open source implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure (.NET) *

Monocyte Monocytes are a type of leukocyte or white blood cell. They are the largest type of leukocyte in blood and can differentiate into macrophages and conventional dendritic cells. As a part of the vertebrate innate immune system monocytes also i ...

, a type of leukocyte (white blood cell) *

Monodactylidae Monodactylidae is a family of perciform bony fish commonly referred to as monos, moonyfishes or fingerfishes. All are strongly laterally compressed with disc-shaped bodies and tall anal and dorsal fins. Unusually for fish, scales occur on their ...

, members of which are referred to as monos *

Monomorphism In the context of abstract algebra or universal algebra, a monomorphism is an injective homomorphism. A monomorphism from to is often denoted with the notation X\hookrightarrow Y. In the more general setting of category theory, a monomorphis ...

, in category theory *

Order of Mono The Order of Mono is the highest Togolese order of chivalry, established on September 2, 1961 by President Sylvanus Olympio. The order is named after the major river passing through the country: the Mono River. The Order of Mono consists of five ...

, the highest Togolese order of chivalry