Mónakó

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See also: Monako

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνοικος (mónoikos, single house), from μόνος (mónos, single, alone) + οἶκος (oîkos, 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).

Proper noun

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Mónakó n

  1. Monaco (a country in western Europe)