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What does the word mona and Lisa mean in mona Lisa?

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Mona is an Italian contraction of ma donna, "my lady".
The sitter's identity is up for debate, but in his biography of Leonardo, Giorgio Vasari asserted she was Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherardini, which is presumably where the Lisa comes from.
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