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Mono.

A member of a Native American people who traditionally live in the central and eastern Sierra Nevada, the Mono Basin, and adjacent areas of the Great Basin in California.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmoʊnoʊ/
  1. A member of a Native American people who traditionally live in the central and eastern Sierra Nevada, the Mono Basin, and adjacent areas of the Great Basin in California.

  2. A Mono wind.

Where this word comes from

Uncertain. The Monache, a related ethnic group, seem to derive their name from the same common source as the Mono, as -chi occurs otherwise in the Yokutsan and Miwok languages as a relatively common suffix on tribal names.

name/ˈmoʊnoʊ/
  1. The Numic language of the Mono people of California.

  2. A county in California, United States, see Mono County.

  3. An alkaline desert lake (Mono Lake) in this county, having a unique ecosystem.

Where this word comes from

Uncertain. The Monache, a related ethnic group, seem to derive their name from the same common source as the Mono, as -chi occurs otherwise in the Yokutsan and Miwok languages as a relatively common suffix on tribal names.

noun
  1. A member of an ethnic group from the Congo.

name
  1. The language of the Mono people of the Congo.

  2. A town in Ontario.

  3. An island of the Solomon Islands.

  4. A river in Togo.

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