Mons


[monz] /mɒnz/

noun, plural montes
[mon-teez] /ˈmɒn tiz/ (Show IPA). Anatomy.
1.
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
2.
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3.
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[mawns] /mɔ̃s/
noun
1.
a city in Belgium.
[mon] /mɒn/
noun, Scot. and North England.
1.
1 .
[mohn] /moʊn/
noun
1.
an Austroasiatic language used chiefly in Burma in the vicinity of Moulmein.
1.
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[e-noh] /ɛˈnoʊ/
noun
1.
a medieval county in territory now in SW Belgium and N France.
2.
a province in SW Belgium. 1437 sq. mi. (3722 sq. km).
Capital: Mons.
/French mɔ̃s/
noun
1.
a town in SW Belgium, capital of Hainaut province: scene of the first battle (1914) of the British Expeditionary Force during World War I. Pop: 91 185 (2004 est) Flemish name Bergen
/French ɛno/
noun
1.
a province of SW Belgium: stretches from the Flanders Plain in the north to the Ardennes in the south. Capital: Mons. Pop: 1 283 200 (2004 est). Area: 3797 sq km (1466 sq miles)
/məʊn/
noun
1.
(pl) Mon, Mons. a member of a people of Myanmar and Thailand related to the Khmer of Cambodia
2.
the language of this people, belonging to the Mon-Khmer family
n.

from Latin mons (plural montes) “mountain” (see mount (n.)); used in English in various anatomical senses, especially mons Veneris “mountains of Love,” fleshy eminence atop the vaginal opening, 1690s; often mons for short.

mons (mŏnz)
n. pl. mon·tes (mŏn’tēz)
An anatomical prominence or slight elevation above the general level of the surface.

noun

Money (1894+)
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Monoceros
2.
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