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gioconda

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Mo⋅na Li⋅sa

  [moh-nuh lee-suh, lee-zuh]
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–noun
Italian, La Gioconda), a portrait (1503?–05?) by Leonardo da Vinci.

Gio⋅con⋅da, La

  [lah joh-kon-duh, jee-uh-; It. lah jaw-kawn-dah]
–noun
1. Mona Lisa.
2. an opera (1876) by Amilcare Ponchielli.
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Mona Lisa

A painting by Leonardo da Vinci of a woman with a mysterious smile. It is one of the most readily recognized paintings in the world.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

Mona Lisa 
1923, in ref. to an enigmatic smile or expression, one like that in Leonardo DaVinci's painting. First attested in D.H. Lawrence.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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