▁ ▁External ▁links ▁Official ▁Website ▁ ▁Category : Ar ts ▁organizations ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁Category : Ch inese ▁writers ' ▁organizations ▁Category : Ar ts ▁organizations ▁based ▁in ▁China ▁Category : 1 9 4 9 ▁establish ments ▁in ▁China <0x0A> </s> ▁Mon ica ▁is ▁a ▁female ▁given ▁name ▁with ▁many ▁variant ▁forms , ▁including ▁M ónica ▁( Ital ian , ▁Spanish ▁and ▁Portuguese ), ▁M ô nica ▁( B raz ilian ▁Portuguese ), ▁Mon ique ▁( F rench ), ▁Mon ika ▁( G erman ), ▁and ▁M ón ika ▁( H ung arian ). ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Mon ica ▁is ▁an ▁ancient ▁name ▁of ▁North ▁African ▁origin , ▁the ▁et ym ology ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁unknown . ▁The ▁earliest ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁name ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁ancient ▁Num id ian ▁ins cri ptions . ▁The ▁name ▁might ▁include ▁a ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁ancient ▁Lib yan ▁god ▁Mon , ▁whose ▁name ▁was ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁god ▁Am un . ▁Saint ▁August ine ' s ▁mother ▁was ▁named ▁Mon ica , ▁and ▁she ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Num idia , ▁North ▁Africa , ▁although ▁she ▁also ▁was ▁a ▁citiz en ▁of ▁Car th age , ▁hence ▁the ▁possibility ▁it ▁may ▁be ▁of ▁P unic ▁origin . ▁It ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁Greek ▁word ▁mon os , ▁meaning ▁" alone ". ▁Mon ica ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁name ▁in ▁Latin , ▁der iving ▁from ▁the ▁verb ▁mon ere , ▁meaning ▁' to ▁advise .' ▁ ▁Saint ▁Mon ica ' s