Monica
English
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Etymology
Latin Mŏnĭca, name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain meaning but probably Berber or Phoenician origin.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Monica
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1913, Rafael Sabatini, The Strolling Saint, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 3:
- They named her Monica. Why the name was chosen I have never learnt; but I do not conceive that there was any reason for the choice other than the taste of her parents in the matter of sounds. It is a pleasing enough name, euphoniously considered, and beyond that — as is so commonly the case — no considerations were taken into account. To her, however, at once imaginative and of a feeble and dependent spirit, the name was fateful. St. Monica was made the special object of her devotions in her childhood, and reigned so later when she became a wife.
Translations
female given name
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Danish
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Dutch
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Monica, probably from Punic, though Latin and Ancient Greek etymologies have also been proposed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoː.ni.kaː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Mo‧ni‧ca
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German
Proper noun
Monica f (proper noun, genitive Monica)
- a female given name, a less common variant of Monika
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ni.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɔnika
- Hyphenation: Mò‧ni‧ca
Norwegian
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References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 777 females with the given name Monica (compared to 3173 named Monika) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
Romanian
Swedish
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Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmonika/ [ˈmo.nɪ.xɐ]
- Rhymes: -onika
- Syllabification: Mo‧ni‧ca
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