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- Mon StateMon StateMon State is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is sandwiched between Kayin State on the east, the Andaman Sea on the west, Bago Region on the north and Tanintharyi Region on the south, and has a short border with Thailand's Kanchanaburi Province at its south-eastern tip. The land area is...
, a subdivision of Burma - Mon, Nagaland, a town in India
- Mon DistrictMon DistrictMon is a district of Nagaland state in India.-Geography:Mon district is the northernmost district of Nagaland. It is bounded by the state of Arunachal Pradesh to its north, Assam to its west, Myanmar to its east, Longleng District to its south-west and Tuensang District to its south...
, Nagaland, India - Mon, SwitzerlandMon, SwitzerlandMon is a municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History:Mon is first mentioned around 1001-1200 as de Maune. In 1281 it was mentioned as Mans. Until 1943 Mon was known as Mons.-Geography:...
, a village in the Grisons - Isle of Anglesey or Môn, an island and county of Wales
- MønMøn-Location:Møn is located just off the south-eastern tip of Zealand from which it is separated by the waters of the Hølen strait between Kalvehave and the island of Nyord, at the northern end of Møn. Further south is Stege Bugt...
, an island of Denmark - MonrealeMonrealeMonreale is a town and comune in the province of Palermo, in Sicily, Italy, on the slope of Monte Caputo, overlooking the very fertile valley called "La Conca d'oro" , famed for its orange, olive and almond trees, the produce of which is exported in large quantities...
, a city in Sicily, Italy - The Monongahela RiverMonongahela RiverThe Monongahela River is a river on the Allegheny Plateau in north-central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States...
of North America
Peoples and languages
- The Mon peopleMon peopleThe Mon are an ethnic group from Burma , living mostly in Mon State, Bago Division, the Irrawaddy Delta, and along the southern Thai–Burmese border. One of the earliest peoples to reside in Southeast Asia, the Mon were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Burma and Thailand...
of Southeast Asia - The Mon languageMon languageThe Mon language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon, who live in Burma and Thailand. Mon, like the related language Cambodian—but unlike most languages in Mainland Southeast Asia—is not tonal. Mon is spoken by more than a million people today. In recent years, usage of Mon has...
(of the Mon people) - The Mon-Khmer languagesMon-Khmer languagesThe Mon–Khmer languages are a language family of Southeast Asia. Together with the Munda languages of India, they are one of the two traditional primary branches of the Austro-Asiatic family...
, an Indochinese language family - The Monpa people, an ethnic group of Tibetan origin
Other
- Mon (emblem), Japanese family heraldic symbols
- Mon (architecture)Mon (architecture)is a generic Japanese term for gate often used, either alone or as a suffix, in referring to the many gates used by Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and traditional-style buildings and castles.-Significance:...
, gates at Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, and castles in Japan - Mons veneris, the pubic mound
- Monarch AirlinesMonarch AirlinesMonarch Airlines, often shortened to and trading as Monarch, is a British charter and scheduled airline based at London Luton Airport in Luton. It is one of the United Kingdom's largest charter airlines, operating to Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, India and Africa, serving mainly leisure...
, IATA code for this UK airline - Japanese mon (currency), a currency used in Japan until 1870
- The Gate (novel) , a 1910 novel by Natsume Sōseki
- The Mon Calamari (race), fictional amphibious humanoids in Star Wars
- Mon, a British Judo AssociationBritish Judo AssociationThe British Judo Association is the governing body for the Olympic Sport of Judo in the United Kingdom.The BJA represents the United Kingdom internationally and is a member of the International Judo Federation, the European Judo Union, the Judo Confederation of the European Union, the British...
junior belt - "Mon" is also used in slang, usually either as a means of address (believed to be a replacement for the endearing term "man"), or as an abbreviation of "Come on" (e.g. "Mon the Biffy", a slogan used by rock band Biffy ClyroBiffy ClyroBiffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band from Kilmarnock, comprising Simon Neil , James Johnston and Ben Johnston...
).
Abbreviation
- the IOC country code for Monaco
- Member of the Order of the Niger, a Nigerian national honour
- Miscellaneous Organic NESHAP, a US pollution-control standard
- Mixed Oxides of NitrogenMixed Oxides of NitrogenMixed oxides of nitrogen are solutions of nitric oxide in dinitrogen tetroxide/nitrogen dioxide . It may be used as an oxidizing agent in rocket propulsion systems. A broad range of compositions is available, and can be denoted as MONi, where i represents the percentage of nitric oxide in the...
, a type of chemical solution - Monarch AirlinesMonarch AirlinesMonarch Airlines, often shortened to and trading as Monarch, is a British charter and scheduled airline based at London Luton Airport in Luton. It is one of the United Kingdom's largest charter airlines, operating to Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, India and Africa, serving mainly leisure...
, UK airline - MondayMondayMonday is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday. According to international standard ISO 8601 it is the first day of the work week. According to the Islamic and Hebrew calendars, Sunday is the first day of the week...
, a day of the week - MonmouthshireMonmouthshireMonmouthshire is a county in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covered a much larger area. The largest town is Abergavenny. There are many castles in Monmouthshire .-Historic county:...
, a Welsh county- Monmouthshire (historic)Monmouthshire (historic)Monmouthshire , also known as the County of Monmouth , is one of thirteen ancient counties of Wales and a former administrative county....
, former Welsh county
- Monmouthshire (historic)
- MonocerosMonocerosMonoceros is a faint constellation on the celestial equator. Its name is Greek for unicorn. Its definition is attributed to the 17th-century Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius. It is bordered by Orion to the west, Gemini to the north, Canis Major to the south and Hydra to the east...
, a constellation (group of stars) - Monon RailroadMonon RailroadThe Monon Railroad , also known as the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway from 1897–1956, operated almost entirely within the state of Indiana...
, a former US railway company - Monsanto Company genetically modified crops
- MON 810MON 810MON 810 is a variety of genetically modified maize developed by Monsanto Company and marketed with the trade name YieldGard. It contains a gene from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis that expresses a toxin poisonous to some pest insects, such as the European Corn Borer...
- MON 863
- MON 810
- Motor octane number, an octane ratingOctane ratingOctane rating or octane number is a standard measure of the anti-knock properties of a motor or aviation fuel. The higher the octane number, the more compression the fuel can withstand before detonating...
for petrol/gasoline - Music On! TVMusic On! TV, also known as , is a cable television network operated by , a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Inc. .Its official motto is We Believe in Music.-History:* March 2, 1998 - Music On! TV, Inc. was founded by the Sony Music management as ....
, Japanese TV channel