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Moneta

American  
[moh-ney-tuh, maw-ne-tah] / moʊˈneɪ tə, mɔˈnɛ tɑ /

noun

  1. Ernesto Teodoro 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.

  2. (in Roman religion) an epithet of Juno.


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He’s also president of Moneta Gardens Improvement, a nonprofit that supports low-income families in Hawthorne, and founded the South Bay Universal Child Development Center preschool, known as the Castle.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

The first iterations of the French press—sans seal—were invented in 1852, but a version similar to the one we use today was patented in the United States in 1929 by Attilio Calimani and Giulio Moneta.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2023

In addition to his wife, survivors include a daughter from his first marriage, Karen Simmons of Moneta, Va.; and two grandchildren.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2022

Ernesto Moneta, a newspaper editor and leader of the Italian peace movement, won in 1907.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2021

Money has been the god of his idolatry,—"Dea Moneta, Queen Money, to whom he daily offers sacrifice, which steers his heart, hands, affections—all."

From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles