mons

[monz]

noun, plural mon·tes

[mon-teez] /ˈmɒn tiz/. Anatomy.

an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
mons pubis.
mons veneris.

Origin of mons

1615–25; < New Latin; Latin mōns mountain, hill; see mount²

Mons

[mawns]

noun

a city in Belgium.

mon

[mon]

noun Scot. and North England.

man¹.

Mon

[mohn]

noun

an Austroasiatic language used chiefly in Burma in the vicinity of Moulmein.

Mons.

Monsieur.

Hainaut

[e-noh]

noun

a medieval county in territory now in SW Belgium and N France.
a province in SW Belgium. 1437 sq. mi. (3722 sq. km). Capital: Mons.

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Examples from the Web for mons

Contemporary Examples of mons

In the cold, the German and British soldiers climbed out of their trenches at a place called Mons.
The Fourth War: My Lunch with a Jihadi
Elliot Ackerman
January 21, 2014

Historical Examples of mons

With hard rowing we got that night (11th January, 1701,) to Mons.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion
William Dobein James
The Marne, and the Retreat from Mons straightened him in his saddle.
The Leopard Woman
Stewart Edward White
But as no Art was ever invented and perfected at once; so it remain'd for Mons.
Orchesography
John Weaver
Feuillet, to raise the compleat and finish'd Superstructure on Mons.
Orchesography
John Weaver
All who have been in France about that time have heard of the reputation of Mons.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
David Hume

British Dictionary definitions for mons

Mons

noun

a town in SW Belgium, capital of Hainaut province: scene of the first battle (1914) of the British Expeditionary Force during World War I. Pop: 91 185 (2004 est)Flemish name: Bergen

Hainaut

Hainault

noun

a province of SW Belgium: stretches from the Flanders Plain in the north to the Ardennes in the south. Capital: Mons. Pop: 1 283 200 (2004 est). Area: 3797 sq km (1466 sq miles)

Mon

noun

plural Mon or Mons a member of a people of Myanmar and Thailand related to the Khmer of Cambodia
the language of this people, belonging to the Mon-Khmer family

Symbol: Talaing

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Word Origin and History for mons

from Latin mons (plural montes) "mountain" (see mount (n.)); used in English in various anatomical senses, especially mons Veneris "mountains of Love," fleshy eminence atop the vaginal opening, 1690s; often mons for short.

mons in Medicine

mons

[mŏnz]

n. pl. mon•tes (mŏn′tēz)

An anatomical prominence or slight elevation above the general level of the surface.