Monica

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The name "Monica" possibly means "advisor" from the Latin moneo, but it is most likely of unknown North African or Phoenician origin, also possibly originates from Greek.
Possibly (Greek) "solitary" or (Latin) "to advise; nun." Saint Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine, prayed for her son and saved him from self-destruction. As a result, Saint Augustine became one of the greatest saints in history.

Monica has 8 variant forms: Mona, Monca, Monicka, Monika, Monike, Moniqua, Monique and Monnica.

• For the singer (Monica Arnold), see Monica (singer)
• For the automobile brand created by Jean Tastevin, see Monica (car)
• For the leading character of the Brazilian comic strip Monica's Gang from cartoon artist Mauricio de Souza
• For the Friends character, see Monica Geller
• Monica is the name of a French rocket, Monica (rocket)
• Monica is also name for radar
• Monica is a fictional country in the Æon Flux universe
• "Monica" is a song by Leslie Cheung. There is also a song called "Monica" by The Kinks, which appears on their Village Green Preservation Society album.
• Monica is the name of a small nation in David Weber's Honor Harrington series of novels, located between the Solarian League and the Talbott Cluster. It is introduced in the 2004 book The Shadow of Saganami.
• Monica (332 - 387), is also a Carthaginian saint; mother of Augustine; patron saint of mothers, see Saint Monica (of Hippo)
• Santa Monica is a Californian coastal city.
• Monica Bellucci, Italian actress
• Monica Dickens was a British author who spent much of her life in the United States.
• Monica Edwards was a British children's author.
• Monica Lewinsky was found by the investigation of lawyer Kenneth Starr to have carried out a sexual affair with President Bill Clinton during the mid-1990s while serving as a White House intern.
  • Monicagate, also known as the Lewinsky scandal, resulted from Lewinsky's affair with Clinton.
• Cyclone Monica was the most powerful tropical cyclone ever recorded in Australian waters as of 2006.
• Monika Singh is a doctor from Bhopal India, She is a ophthamologist.
• Monica (grape) is a Sardinian red wine grape.