Ramona
Ends with "mona"
Ramona is a Spanish feminine name, the female form of Ramón.
It gained popularity in English-speaking countries after Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel *Ramona*, about a mixed-race woman in Southern California.
The name suggests old California romance and has a vintage quality: Ramona was named after her great-grandmother.
- children's literatureBooks aimed at youth
- protagonistStory's central figure
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
elementary school · spunky · imaginative · troublemaker · sisters · Portland · chapter books · nostalgia
West coast megastate
- Los Angeles CountySouthern California administrative region
- SpanishLanguage of Iberia
- missionPurpose-driven task
- wineryGrape beverage producer
vineyard · suburb · Southern California · railroad · historic · downtown · Mexican heritage · pageant
New and unusual
- 1884A calendar year
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- romanceLove and its excitement
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
colonialism · indigenous · injustice · melodrama · romantic heroine · land rights · dispossession · ranchero
Beverly Cleary
- children's literatureBooks aimed at youth
- protagonistStory's central figure
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
childhood · elementary school · spunky · imaginative · troublemaker · sisters · Portland · chapter books · nostalgia · kindergarten
California
West coast megastate
- Los Angeles CountySouthern California administrative region
- SpanishLanguage of Iberia
- missionPurpose-driven task
winery · vineyard · suburb · Southern California · railroad · historic · downtown · Mexican heritage · pageant · small town
novel
New and unusual
- 1884A calendar year
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- romanceLove and its excitement
tragedy · colonialism · indigenous · injustice · melodrama · romantic heroine · land rights · dispossession · ranchero · activism
The Ramones
serenade · love song · classic · anthem · CBGB · rock and roll · cover versions · ballad · devotion · sweetheart
- children's booksfairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books, bedtime stories, Harry Potter
- Filipino NamesAna, Antonio, Carlos, Carmen, Elena
- girls' fictionNancy Drew, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden, A Little Princess
- fantasy seriesHarry Potter, Game of Thrones, Narnia, Discworld, Earthsea
- San DiegoCoronado, Hillcrest, East Village, Old Town, San Diego Zoo
- Cahuillatraditional lands, reservations, bird songs, ceremonial songs, creation stories