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Mona Lisa

American

[moh-nuh lee-suh, lee-zuh] / ˈmoʊ nə ˈli sə, ˈli zə /

noun

Italian La Gioconda. a portrait (1503?–05?) by Leonardo da Vinci.

Mona Lisa British

/ ˈməʊnə ˈliːzə /

noun

Also called: La Gioconda. a portrait of a young woman painted by Leonardo da Vinci, admired for her enigmatic smile

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Mona Lisa Cultural

A painting by Leonardo da Vinci of a woman with a mysterious smile. It is one of the most readily recognized paintings in the world.

Example Sentences

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The "Louvre-New Renaissance" overhaul, President Emmanuel Macron's signature project announced last year, will include a new space for the Mona Lisa and a new museum entrance.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

She appeared as the Mona Lisa and an Edwards Degas ballerina.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

It is fitting, in fact, to see her as the Mona Lisa of Greco-Roman Egypt, a woman of undeniable yet enigmatic beauty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

By carefully designing the halftone patterns, they encoded the Mona Lisa image into flat films that later transformed into three-dimensional forms.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

The people who’d put the Mona Lisa behind glass less than a year before.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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