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Mónakó
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Monako
Icelandic
Etymology
Ultimately from is grc μόνοικος single house, from grc μόνος single, alone + grc οἶκος house, the name of the 6th century BC colony of Phocaeans and an epithet of Heracles (Hercules), Ἡρακλῆς Μόνοικος Heracles Monoikos. According to an ancient Greek myth and a Ligurian legend, Heracles passed through the Monaco area. A temple was constructed there by Phocaeans, the temple of Heracles Monoikos (Strabo, Geography, Gaul, 4.6.3).
Pronunciation
[`kó]
Proper noun
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is country in western continent/Europe Monaco
Declension
n,-:s.dat-.proper
Derived terms
is Mónakómaður
is mónakóskur
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