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Mons
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Appendix:Variations of "mons"
Translingual
Etymology
mul la mōns mountain
Noun
mul noun plural Montes
mul surface feature A mountain.
Derived terms
mul Aeolis Mons Ahuna Mons Arsia Mons Ascraeus Mons Liberalia Mons Olympus Mons Pavonis Mons Piccard Mons Wright Mons Yamor Mons Ysolo Mons
English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
en city/capital of the province of p/Hainaut c/Belgium.
Translations
city
Dutch: nl Bergen n
French: fr Mons
Korean: ko 몽스 mongseu
Marathi: mr माँस
Walloon: wa Mont
Etymology 2
Shortened form
Proper noun
en female Monica.
en male Montgomery.
Anagrams
en mnos MNOs nMOS noms
en unisex given names
French
Pronunciation
Monce
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Mons.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
fr Mons
fr ɔ̃s 1
Proper noun
en Mons
See also
fr
fr Montois, fr Montoise
Anagrams
fr noms
fr Cities in Belgium
Norwegian Bokmål
Mons (navn) no
Mons no
Alternative forms
nb Magnus
Etymology 1
A Norwegian vernacular form of nb Magnus, which is from Latin la Magnus male given name, ultimately from the adjective la magnus great, large.
15th century in Norway.
Compare sv Måns and da Mogens male given name.
Pronunciation
nb /mɔns/
nb ɔns 1
nb mons
nb Mons
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb male Latin Magnus Magnus
Usage notes
The Norwegian name day for nb Mons is 16 April, shared with nb Magnus and nb Mohammad.“Mons (mannsnamn)” in Store norske leksikon.
The name has been used in Norway since the 15th century and was historically especially common in Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane.
The lowercase noun nb mons means “tomcat” and is also used as the final element of compounds such as nb matmons food lover, gourmand.
Derived terms
nb Monsen patronymic surname
nb Monssen patronymic surname
nb Monsson patronymic surname
nb Monsine female given name derived from Mons
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway data reproduced by Babyverden, 501 people in Norway bore nb Mons as a given name, as reported in June 2026.“Mons”, Babyverden, based on data from Statistics Norway.
Etymology 2
thumb|A panorama of Mons, Belgium.
nb fr Mons, ultimately from nb la montes mountains, the plural of la mōns mountain, referring to the city's hilly site.
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb city/and/municipality/capital p:pref/Hainaut r:suf/Wallonia c/Belgium.
References
“Mons” at Nordic Names.
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“Navn”, Statistics Norway.
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