Etymology Uncertain. The Monache, a related ethnic group, seem to derive their name from the same common source as the Mono, as -chi occurs otherwise in the Yokutsan and Miwok languages as a relatively common suffix on tribal names.
1
A member of a Native American people who traditionally live in the central and eastern Sierra Nevada, the Mono Basin, and adjacent areas of the Great Basin in California.
The Mono believe that Condor seized humans, cut off their heads and drained their blood in order to flood the home of Ground Squirrel.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 249:
2
A Mono wind.
[…]SANTA ANAS, MONOS, AND NORTHERS.1937, United States. Forest Service. California Region, Fire Control Handbook: Region 5, page 10:
Much of the cool weather was accompanied by dry winds and the occurrence of Monos and Santa Anas was above normal.1961, California Fire Control Notes:
2 more examples
[…]Santa Anas of southern California, the Monos of northern California, and the dry winds in Oregon and Washington. In Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, the hot, desiccating winds, called "Siroccos", blow from the desert (south)[…]1975, Western Forestry and Conservation Association, Permanent Association Committees Proceedings:
[…]the Monos blow from the east. If the ambient northeast Santa Ana winds are of low to moderate intensity and are blowing aloft but not along the ground, upcanyon south or southwest daytime winds may be measured at a burn site when official[…]1981, Lisle R. Green, Burning by Prescription in Chaparral:
For some monos, there are no acceptable mono—poly solutions as far as they are concerned.2010, Leonie Linssen, Love Unlimited: The Joys and Challenges of Open Relationships: