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mons


noun, plural mon·tes [mon-teez] /ˈmɒn tiz/. Anatomy.

  1. an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
  2. mons pubis.
  3. mons veneris.

noun

  1. a city in Belgium.

noun Scot. and North England.

  1. man1.

noun

  1. an Austroasiatic language used chiefly in Burma in the vicinity of Moulmein.

  1. Monsieur.

noun

  1. a medieval county in territory now in SW Belgium and N France.
  2. a province in SW Belgium. 1437 sq. mi. (3722 sq. km). Capital: Mons.

noun

  1. a town in SW Belgium, capital of Hainaut province: scene of the first battle (1914) of the British Expeditionary Force during World War I. Pop: 91 185 (2004 est)Flemish name: Bergen

noun

  1. a province of SW Belgium: stretches from the Flanders Plain in the north to the Ardennes in the south. Capital: Mons. Pop: 1 283 200 (2004 est). Area: 3797 sq km (1466 sq miles)

noun

  1. plural Mon or Mons a member of a people of Myanmar and Thailand related to the Khmer of Cambodia
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Mon-Khmer family

n.from Latin mons (plural montes) “mountain” (see mount (n.)); used in English in various anatomical senses, especially mons Veneris “mountains of Love,” fleshy eminence atop the vaginal opening, 1690s; often mons for short. n. pl. mon•tes (mŏntēz)

  1. An anatomical prominence or slight elevation above the general level of the surface.
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