Mono
English
editEtymology
editUncertain. The Monache, a related ethnic group, seems to derive their name from a common source as the Mono, as -chi occurs otherwise in the Yokutsan and Miwok languages as a relatively common suffix on tribal names.
Noun
editMono pl (plural only)
- An American Indian people of the central Sierra Nevada and neighboring Great Basin lands to the east in California.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 249:
- The Mono believe that Condor seized humans, cut off their heads and drained their blood in order to flood the home of Ground Squirrel.
- An ethnic group from the Congo.
Proper noun
editMono
- The Numic language of the Mono people of California.
- The language of the Mono people of the Congo.
- A county in California, United States, see Mono County.
- An alkaline desert lake, Mono Lake, in this county that has a unique ecosystem.
- A town in Ontario.
- An island in the Solomon Islands.
- A river in Togo.
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