Monaco

monaco monacò Mónaco Mònaco Monacô Mônaco Mô-na-cô English thumb|240px|Flag of Monaco Etymology Ultimately from en grc Μόνοικος, which is of unknown (possibly Ligurian language (ancient) Ligurian) origin. The name was associated at an early date with Hercules, who had a temple here, and was said to mean “he who dwells alone”; see grc μόνος and grc οἰκέω.Reinach Salomon 1912 Le nom de Monaco Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 56 2 98–100 https://www.persee.fr/doc/crai_0065-0536_1912_num_56_2_72984 https://web.archive.org/web/20260104101808/https://www.persee.fr/doc/crai_0065-0536_1912_num_56_2_72984 4 January 2026 Pronunciation en /ˈmɒ.nə.kəʊ/ /mɒˈnɑː.kəʊ/ UK en /ˈmɑ.nə.koʊ/ US mənä′kō mǒ′nəkō mônäkō′Monaco 1226 2 Monaco (mu̇nä′kō, mǒ′nu̇kō, Fr. mônäkō′), mǒn′ə-kō mə-nä′kōMon·a·co 490 1 Mon·a·co (mǒn′ə-kō, mə-nä′kō), en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Monaco.wav UK en en-us-Monaco.ogg US en ɒnəkəʊ ɑːkəʊ 3 Proper noun en Q235en city-state r/Western Europe Principality of Monaco. en 1579 Geffray Fenton 7 The Historie of Guicciardin, Conteining the VVares of Italie and other Partes, https://archive.org/details/b30335048/ fr London Thomas Vautroullier 14638469 368 https://archive.org/details/b30335048/page/368/ they determined to aayle the borough of Monaco, whiche Lucian Grimault poeed, eyther in regarde of a common hatred borne againt all gentlemen of Genes, or els for that the borowe is of great importance for the citie, hauing his ituation vpon the ea in a place of great conueniencie: or at leat for certaine particular hatreds, ince he to whome falleth the power and government of that place, abteineth very hardly from pyracies and robbing by the ea, the ituation giving fauoar and oportunitie to uche actions: or latly, becaue (as they uggeted) that borough apperteined rightfully to the common weale. en 1729 III Hitorico-Political Geography: Or, A Particular Description Of the Several Countries in the World; https://archive.org/details/historicopolitic00pasc/ 2nd London William France 316736532 61 https://archive.org/details/historicopolitic00pasc/page/61/ The Republick of Genoua poeeth the Eatern and Wetern Coats of Genoua, formerly called Liguria, where are Genoua, Savona, Noli, Ventimiglia, Genoua's &c. 2. The Ile of Core. That of Capaia.4. The Marquiate of Final, bought in 1712 from the Emperor for 1200000 Crowns; but the Principality of Monaco belongs to a particular Prince under the Protection of France; and that of Oneglia belongs to the Duke of Savoy. en 2001 w:Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl 67 Holly followed the Italian coast up to Monaco, and from there across the Alps to France. Derived terms en Monacan Monaco Related terms en Monégasque Translations Q235 country in Europe Acehnese: ace Monakô Afrikaans: af Monaco Albanian: sq Monako Amharic: am ሞናኮ Arabic: ar مُونَاكُو f Hijazi Arabic: acw موناكو f monāko Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܘܿܢܲܟܘܿ m monāko Armenian: hy Մոնակո Asturian: ast Mónaco, ast Mónacu Azerbaijani: az Monako Bashkir: ba Монако Basque: eu Monako Belarusian: be Мана́ка f Bengali: bn মোনাকো Breton: br Monaco Bulgarian: bg Мона́ко f Burmese: my မိုနာကို Catalan: ca Mònaco m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 摩納哥 Mandarin: cmn 摩納哥 Mónàgē Czech: cs Monako n Danish: da Monaco Dutch: nl Monaco n Esperanto: eo Monako Estonian: et Monaco Farefare: gur Monako Faroese: fo Monako n Finnish: fi Monaco Franco-Provençal: frp Monacô French: fr Monaco m Galician: gl Mónaco m Georgian: ka მონაკო German: de Monaco n Greek: el Μονακό n Gujarati: gu મોનૅકો Hausa: ha Monaco, ha Monako Hebrew: he מוֹנָאקוֹ f monako, he מוֹנָקוֹ f monako Hindi: hi मोनाको m Hungarian: hu Monaco Ido: io Monako Indonesian: id Monako Interlingua: ia Monaco Irish: ga Monacó m Italian: it Monaco m, it Principato di Monaco m Japanese: ja モナコ Monako Kazakh: kk Монако Khmer: km ម៉ូណាកូ Korean: ko ^모나코, ko ^모나꼬 North Korea Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb مۆناکۆ Northern Kurdish: kmr Monako Kyrgyz: ky Монако Lao: lo ໂມນາໂກ Latin: la Monoecus m Ligurian: lij Munegu m Macedonian: mk Мона́ко n Malay: ms Monaco Maltese: mt Monako Marathi: mr मोनॅको Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Монако Norman: nrf Monaco m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Monaco Occitan: oc Mónegue m, oc Mónego m Pashto: ps موناکو f monāko Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira موناکو monâko Polish: pl Monako n Portuguese: Brazilian Portuguese: pt Mônaco m European Portuguese: pt Mónaco m Romanian: ro Monaco n Russian: ru Мона́ко n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Мо̀нако m Latin: sh Mònako m Sicilian: scn Mònacu m Silesian: szl Můnako n Sinhalese: si මොනාකෝ Slovak: sk Monako n Slovene: sl Monáko m Spanish: es Mónaco m Swedish: sv Monaco n Tagalog: tl Monako Tajik: tg Монако Tatar: tt Монако Thai: th โมนาโก Turkish: tr Monako, tr Monako Prensliği Ottoman Turkish: ota موناقو monako Turkmen: tk Monako Ukrainian: uk Мона́ко n Urdu: ur موناکو m Uyghur: ug موناكو Uzbek: uz Monako Vietnamese: vi Mô-na-cô, vi Hoành Quốc obsolete Volapük: vo Monakän Yiddish: yi מאָנאַקאָ n capital city Afrikaans: af Monaco Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܘܿܢܲܟܘܿ m monāko Basque: eu Monako Belarusian: be Мана́ка n Catalan: ca Mònaco m Corsican: co Monacu m Danish: da Monaco n Dutch: nl Monaco n Esperanto: eo Monako Estonian: et Monaco Farefare: gur Monako-gãn Finnish: fi Monaco Franco-Provençal: frp Monacô French: fr Monaco Georgian: ka მონაკო Greek: el Μονακό n Hebrew: he מוֹנָאקוֹ f monako, he מוֹנָקוֹ f monako Hungarian: hu Monaco Italian: it Monaco m Japanese: ja モナコ Monako, ja モナコ市 Monako-shi Kazakh: kk Монако Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb مۆناکۆ Northern Kurdish: kmr Monako Kyrgyz: ky Монако Macedonian: mk Мона́ко n Maltese: mt Belt ta' Monako Il-Belt ta' Monako Marathi: mr मोनॅको Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Монако Norman: nrf Monaco m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Monaco Portuguese: pt Mónaco-Ville f Portugal, pt Mônaco-Ville f Brazil, pt Mónaco m Portugal, pt Mônaco m Brazil, pt Cidade do Mónaco f Romanian: ro Monaco n Russian: ru Мона́ко n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Мо̀нако m Latin: sh Mònako m Sicilian: scn Mònacu m Spanish: es Mónaco Swedish: sv Monaco Tajik: tg Монако Turkish: tr Monako Ottoman Turkish: ota موناقو monako Ukrainian: uk Мона́ко n Urdu: ur موناکو m Uzbek: uz Monako See also Countries of the world References Further reading Afrikaans af: Proper noun af Monaco Q235 Related terms af Monegask af Monegaskies Breton Proper noun br proper noun br Monaco Q235 Central Nahuatl Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Monaco Q235 Danish da: Proper noun da Monaco Q235 Derived terms da monegasker monegaskisk See also Dutch nl: Pronunciation nl /moːˈnaː.koː/ nl Nl-Monaco.ogg nl Mo na co Proper noun n Monegaskisch Monegask Monegaskische nl Monaco Q235 See also Estonian et: Pronunciation moˈnako Proper noun Monaco Monacot et Monaco Q235 Declension Monaco sg See also References Finnish fi: Etymology From fi fr Monaco or fi it Monaco. Pronunciation monako Proper noun fi Monaco Q235 Declension sg Monac o a Derived terms fi monacolainen See also French Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Monaco.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) Proper noun m fr Monaco Q235 See also German Alternative forms de Monako dated Pronunciation de /moˈnako/ de De-Monaco.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de /ˈmoːnako/<qq:rare> Proper noun toponym de Monaco Q235 Related terms de Monegasse de monegassisch See also Hungarian hu: Pronunciation monakó hu Mo na co hu koː Proper noun hu proper noun hu Monaco Q235 hu:Monacói Hercegség Declension Monacó o sgMonacó sg Derived terms hu monacói See also Interlingua Proper noun ia proper noun ia Monaco Q235 Italian it: Pronunciation Mònaco<hmp:monaco> Etymology 1 itit:Principato di +it:Comune di + Proper noun m it Monaco Q235 it Principato di Monaco Derived terms it monegasco See also Etymology 2 it it la Monacum?it:+ di Baviera Proper noun m it caplc s/Bavaria c/Germany Munich it Monaco di Baviera Derived terms it monachese Etymology 3 Occupational surname, from it monaco monk. Proper noun mfbysense it occupations Further reading monaco it exonyms Latin Pronunciation monacō Proper noun la proper noun form Monacō n la Monacum dat//abl Norwegian Bokmål no:Monaco thumb|The flag of Monaco flying above the principality. thumb|The location of Monaco in Europe. thumb|A panoramic view of La Condamine and Monte Carlo from Monaco-Ville. Etymology nb, based on nb fr Monaco and nb it Monaco. The modern forms ultimately continue nb la Monoecus Monaco, from nb grc Μόνοικος ancient name of Monaco. The Greek name is probably of native Ligurian origin. In antiquity, it was associated with Heracles Monoikos and popularly interpreted as “the solitary Heracles” or “the one who dwells alone”, through grc μόνος alone and grc οἶκος house. Parallel international adaptations include da Monaco, sv Monaco, de Monaco, nl Monaco, fi Monaco and ro Monaco. Pronunciation nb /¹mʊˈnɑː.ku/ [mʊˈnɑ̀ː.kʊ̌] nb ɑːku 3 nb Mo na co Proper noun nb proper noun Monaco; nb country cont/Europe, a city-state on the Mediterranean Sea, otherwise surrounded by France, with a capital of the same name. nb De tilbrakte en helg i Monaco. They spent a weekend in Monaco. nb 21 July 2026 Nils Petter Thuesen; Sten Lundbo Monaco Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Monaco Monaco er et fyrstedømme ved Middelhavet. Monaco is a principality on the Mediterranean Sea. https://web.archive.org/web/20260106122235/https://snl.no/Monaco 6 January 2026 Monaco; nb capital city c/Monaco, forming part of the continuous urban area of the city-state. nb Fra Monaco har man utsikt mot Middelhavet og fjellene i Frankrike. From Monaco, one has a view of the Mediterranean and the mountains in France. nb 4 March 2026 Fredrik Lyngås Pedersen Monaco Lille norske leksikon https://lille.snl.no/Monaco Hovedstaden heter også Monaco. The capital is also called Monaco. Usage notes nb Monaco denotes both the sovereign city-state and its capital. The official Norwegian long-form name is Fyrstedømmet Monaco (“the Principality of Monaco”). Related terms nb monegasker Monegasque; person from Monaco nb monegaskisk Monegasque; relating to Monaco or its language See also nb Monte Carlo district of Monaco known for its casino References 21 July 2026 Nils Petter Thuesen; Sten Lundbo Monaco Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Monaco 3 August 2026 4 March 2026 Fredrik Lyngås Pedersen Monaco Lille norske leksikon https://lille.snl.no/Monaco 3 August 2026 History Consulate General of Monaco https://monaco-consulate.com/about-2/history/ 3 August 2026 Land Norge har diplomatiske forbindelser med Regjeringen.no https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dep/ud/dep/diplomatiske-forbindelser-og-protokoll/norske-utenriksstasjoner/id2991088/ 3 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260929013054/https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dep/ud/dep/diplomatiske-forbindelser-og-protokoll/norske-utenriksstasjoner/id2991088/ 29 September 2026 Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Monaco Q235 Related terms nn monegask, nn monegaskar nn monegaskisk Romanian ro: Pronunciation ro /mo.naˈko/ ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Monaco.wav Proper noun n ro Monaco Q235 Declension sg See also Swedish sv: Pronunciation sv /ˈmɔnakʊ/ Proper noun n sv Monaco Q235 See also References saol Svensk MeSH Welsh cy: Proper noun m cy Monaco Q235 Coordinate terms cy exonyms