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Mons¹

proper noun

  1. A city, the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.

Mons²

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Shortened form

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Monica.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Montgomery.

mons³

  • /mɒnz/

Rhymes with -ɒnz

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin mōns (“mountain”). Doublet of mount.

noun montes

  1. obsolete One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount.
  2. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of mons pubis Hesitantly, she used one finger to stroke the very top of the mons, surprised at its fatty, downy fullness — unfamiliar, despite a life of touching herself.
  3. An extraterrestrial mountain or volcano. Olympus Mons

MONs⁴

noun

  1. plural plural of MON

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mons pubis, mons veneris, jemappes, hainaut, mechelen, namur, monschau, antwerp, tournai, bruges, louvain, dendermonde, walloon brabant, liège, chimay, tienen

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name city

한국어몽스 mongseu
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"mons." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mons. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mons. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mons

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"mons." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mons.

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@misc{mons_2026,
  title = {mons},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mons},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}