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"My Lady Lisa" is one English equivalent of the Italian phrase Mona Lisa. The feminine singular noun mona represents a shortened form of the feminine singular noun madonna ("my lady") while Lisamay be a diminutive for Elisabetta ("Elizabeth," from the ancient Hebrew ??????????? [Elisheva, "My God is an oath"]). The pronunciation will be "MO-na LEE-sa" in Italian.

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"My Lady Lisa" is one English equivalent of the Italian phrase Mona Lisa. The feminine singular noun mona represents a shortened form of the feminine singular noun madonna ("my lady") while Lisamay be a diminutive for Elisabetta ("Elizabeth," from the ancient Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע [Elisheva, "My God is an oath"]). The pronunciation will be "MO-na LEE-sa" in Italian.

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It was the name of the girl who posed for the painting.

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Mona in ancient Italian means "my lady".

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