Moneta

[ moh-ney-tuh; Italian maw-ne-tah ]

/ moʊˈneɪ tə; Italian mɔˈnɛ tɑ /

Er·ne·sto Te·o·do·ro

[er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/,1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.

(in Roman religion) an epithet of Juno.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 10

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Now he cared for nothing but to gaze into the waters at Moneta and her child.
Fairy Book|Sophie May
A soldier had hold of him, and Moneta shouted, "Stand back, or I cut off your ears."
They Call Me Carpenter|Upton Sinclair
The passage about Moneta which had wrought in Keatss mind occurs at p. 4, in the notes to Hyginus.
Keats|Sidney Colvin
The latter throws cowries (shells of Cyprœa moneta) for divination, and mentions some neighbour as the owner of the devil thief.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston

In a transparent palace Moneta was sitting, crowned with pearls, the child sleeping on her bosom.
Fairy Book|Sophie May