Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

See also: Mona-Lisa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Monna Lisa (literally “my lady Lisa”), named after Lisa del Giocondo, whom it portrays.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌməʊnə ˈliːzə/[1]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmoʊnə ˈlisə/
• Rhymes: -iːzə, -iːsə

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Proper noun

the Mona Lisa

1. A painting by Leonardo da Vinci, widely considered as the most famous painting in history.
   • 1985, Bob Dotson, ...In pursuit of the American dream‎, page 4:

     […] found Florence Thompson, the Mona Lisa of the 1930s, a migrant mother whose picture haunted the nation.

   • 2005, Zvi Rappoport; Joel F. Liebman, The Chemistry of Cyclobutanes‎, page 18:

     This small and deceptively simple, but extremely interesting molecular system was rightly characterized by Cram and coworkers as ‘The Mona Lisa of Organic Chemistry’, because of its ability to elicit wonder, to stimulate imagination and, last but not least, by its enigmatic elusiveness and numerous outstanding features.

   • 2005, Ariel Lewin, The Archaeology of Ancient Judea and Palestine‎, page 84:

     The panels depicting scenes from the life of Dionysos are framed with acanthus leaves, some of which form medallions, including one showing a fascinating woman who has come to be known as the Mona Lisa of Galilee.

Derived terms

• Mona Lisan

Translations

painting by Leonardo da Vinci

Amharic: ሞና ሊዛ f (mona liza), ላ ጆኮንዳ f (la ǧokonda) Arabic: الْمُونَّالِيزَا‎ f (al-mūnnālīzā), الْجِيُوكَانْدَا‎ f (al-jiyūkāndā) Armenian: Մոնա Լիզա (Mona Liza), Ջոկոնդա (J̌okonda) Assamese: মনালিছা (monalisa) Azerbaijani: Mona Liza, Cakonda Belarusian: Мо́на Лі́за f (Móna Líza), Джако́нда f (Džakónda) Bengali: মোনা লিসা (mona lisa), মোনালিসা (monalisa) Burmese: မိုနာလီဆာ (muinalihca) Chinese: Cantonese: 蒙娜麗莎 (mung4 naa4 lai6 saa1) Mandarin: 蒙娜麗莎／蒙娜丽莎 (zh) (Méngnà Lìshā) Corsican: a Giuconda f, a Ghjuconda f Esperanto: la Ĝokonda Estonian: Mona Lisa (et) Finnish: Mona Lisa French: la Joconde (fr) f Georgian: მონა ლიზა (mona liza), ჯოკონდა (ka) (ǯoḳonda) German: Mona Lisa f Greek: η Μόνα Λίζα f (i Móna Líza), η Τζιοκόντα (el) f (i Tziokónta), η Τζοκόντα (el) f (i Tzokónta) Hebrew: מוֹנָה לִיזָה‎ f (Móna Líza), לָה ג׳וֹקוֹנְדָה‎ f (la Jokónda) Hindi: मोना लीज़ा f (monā līzā) Hungarian: a Mona Lisa Icelandic: Móna Lísa f Italian: la Gioconda (it) f, la Monna Lisa f Japanese: モナ・リザ (Mona-Riza), モナリザ (Monariza) Javanese: Monalisa Kannada: ಮೋನ ಲೀಸ (mōna līsa), ಲ ಗಿಯೊಕೊಂಡ (la giyokoṇḍa), ಲ ಜೊಕೊಂದೆ (la jokonde) Korean: 모나리자 (MonaRija), 라 조콘다 (ra Jokonda) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: مۆنالیزا‎ (monalîza) Northern Kurdish: Mona Lîza Lao: ລາໂຊກົງ (lā sō kong), ລາຊໍກອງ (lā sǭ kǭng) Latin: Iucunda f Latvian: Mona Liza f, Džokonda f Lithuanian: Mona Liza f, Džokonda f Macedonian: Мона Лиза f (Mona Liza), Џоконда f (Džokonda) Malayalam: മോണാലിസ (mōṇālisa) Marathi: मोनालिसा f (monālisā) Nepali: मोना लिजा (monā lijā), ला जोक्कोन्दा (lā jokkondā), ला झोकोंद (lā jhokonda) Norwegian: Mona Lisa f Persian: مونالیزا‎ (Monâlizâ), لبخند ژوکوند‎ (labxand Žokond) Polish: Mona Lisa f, Gioconda (pl) f Portuguese: a Mona Lisa f, a Gioconda f Punjabi: ਮੋਨਾ ਲੀਜ਼ਾ f (monā līzā) Russian: Мо́на Ли́за f (Móna Líza), Джоко́нда f (Džokónda) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Мона Лиза f, Ђоконда f Roman: Mona Lisa (sh) f, Gioconda f Sinhalese: මොනාලිසා (monālisā), ලා ජියොකොන්ඩා (lā jiyokonḍā) Slovak: Mona Líza f Slovene: Mona Liza f Spanish: la Gioconda (es) f, la Mona Lisa f Swedish: Mona Lisa c, Mona-Lisa c Tamil: மோனா லிசா (mōṉā licā), லா ஜியோகொண்டா (lā jiyōkoṇṭā) Telugu: మోనాలిసా (mōnālisā) Thai: โมนาลิซา (moo-naa lí-saa), ลาโจกอนดา (laa joo-gɔɔn-daa), ลาโชกงด์ (laa choo-gongd) Tibetan: མོ་ན་ལི་ས (mo na li sa) Ukrainian: Мо́на Лі́за f (Móna Líza), Джоко́нда f (Džokónda) Urdu: مونا لیزا‎ f (Mōnā Līzā) Venetian: la Zoconda f

References

1. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/mona-lisa

Further reading

• Mona Lisa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Alaminos, Somalian, isanomal