# Mon

Pronunciation: say "MON" US /mɑn/, UK /mɒn/

## Noun

1. Abbreviation of Monday. — Abbreviation of Monday.
   - Simple: Abbreviation of Monday. Used on calendars and schedules to save space.
   - _The report is due Mon, so finish it over the weekend._
   - _Flights leave every Mon and Thursday from the small airport._
2. A member of a people living chiefly in the Mon State of Myanmar (also called Burma) and in Thailand.
   - Simple: A person who belongs to a people living mainly in southern Myanmar and in parts of Thailand.
   - _Her grandmother was a Mon from a coastal town in southern Myanmar._
   - _The Mon have preserved their own script and Buddhist traditions for centuries._

## Proper noun

3. The Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon people of Myanmar and Thailand.
   - Simple: The language spoken by the Mon people, used in southern Myanmar and Thailand.
   - _Many older villagers still pray and tell stories in Mon._
   - _Linguists classify Mon alongside Khmer in the Austroasiatic family._

## Other meanings

- (proper noun) A diminutive of the female given name Monica.

## Origin

From Burmese မွန် (mwan).

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mon (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).