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mona

(ˈməʊnə)

(Animals) a W African guenon monkey, Cercopithecus mona, with dark fur on the back and white or yellow underparts

[C18: from Spanish or Portuguese: monkey]

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Mona - an island to the northwest of Wales

Anglesea, Anglesea Island, Anglesey, Anglesey Island

Cambria, Cymru, Wales - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria

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"You're quite right, Walter Pater is the only justification for Mona Lisa.

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I remember that as we said good-bye, there was that in her smile that recalled the vulpine complacency of Mona Lisa, the Wise.

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"According to some influential theories of emotion neuropsychology, we here interpreted the Mona Lisa asymmetric smile as a non genuine smile, also thought to occur when the subject lies."

Mona Lisa's smile was a LIE! Scientists claim smirk is 'non-genuine'; Researchers from the University of Cincinnati claim that Mona Lisa's smile is 'non-genuine' - and it's all down the smirk's asymmetry

Mona believed she could deflect suspicion by remaining in their home.

Mona Parsons: From Privilege to Prison from Nova Scotia to Nazi Europe

To complement the look, the attractive models wore bridal dresses by well-known designersShireenLakdawal a and Mona Imran, while theirjewellery was by Ornament Jewellers.

Beauty Session on Bridal make-up: Ringing the wedding bells with Mona J

Addressing a session organized by members of Ladies Club of Air War College, PAF Base Faisal, Mona Jamal in her presentation on 'Royal Elegance', said it was imperative for every woman to invest in herself and keep herself well-groomed.

Celebrity stylist emphasizes importance of personal grooming

Mona, 83, will soon be totally blind, but already struggles to see the different shades in her collection.

I'm learning to put my wife's make-up on because she is going blind; Devoted Des learned new skills in his 80s to help Mona stay stylish

Mona isn't completely blind, but her eyesight is significantly deteriorating, meaning she can no longer do her own make-up.

This Morning fans moved to tears by husband who does blind wife's make-up; Des and Mona Manahan appeared on the show - and told how they're still very much in love

Azra gets shattered with the news and ask her mother-in-law (Shgufta Ejaz) to never let Mona enter her home.

Love, reflections on life in Mere Bewafa

In the video, Mona starts calling Egyptians the "dirtiest people on earth" and Egypt is "the country of beggars" and "son of a b*** country".

"You Deserve What Sisi is Doing!" Lebanese Tourist Gets Arrested Over Facebook Post

Mona, whose maiden name was Geddes, helped found the Elsie Inglis Hospital for Women.

Pioneering graduate who set up city hospital

Mona has secretly made contact with Kareem's son Danny in Lahore, while the rest of the family still believe him to have swanned off to Spain.