Meaning of mons | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount.
   obsolete
2. A city, the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
3. A diminutive of the female given name Monica.
4. Ellipsis of mons pubis.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
5. A diminutive of the male given name Montgomery.
6. An extraterrestrial mountain or volcano.

Equivalents

Examples

“Hesitantly, she used one finger to stroke the very top of the mons, surprised at its fatty, downy fullness — unfamiliar, despite a life of touching herself.”

“Olympus Mons”

“Maxwell Montes”

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