Monaco

See also monaco, and Mónaco

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɒ.nə.kəʊ/, /mɒˈnɑː.kəʊ/, SAMPA: /"mQn@k@U/, /mQ"nA:k@U/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmɑ.nə.koʊ/, SAMPA: /"mAn@koU/

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μόνοικος (monoikos, “single house”), from μόνος (monos, “single, alone”) + οἶκος (oikos, “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

Monaco

1. A country in Europe. Official name: Principality of Monaco.
2. The capital of the principality of Monaco.

Quotations

• 2001 — Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, p 67

  Holly followed the Italian coast up to Monaco, and from there across the Alps to France.

Derived terms

• Monégasque

Translations

country in Europe

Arabic: موناكو (ar) (munaaku) m. Armenian: Մոնակո (hy) (Monako) Azeri: Monako (az) Basque: Monako (eu) Bengali: মোনাকো (bn) Bosnian: Monako (bs) m. Breton: Monaco Catalan: Mònaco (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 摩納哥 (cmn), 摩纳哥 (cmn) (Mónàgē) Croatian: Monako (hr) m. Czech: Monako (cs) n. Danish: Monaco (da) Dutch: Monaco (nl) Esperanto: Monako (eo) Estonian: Monaco (et) Faroese: Monako (fo) n. Finnish: Monaco (fi) French: Monaco (fr) m. German: Monaco (de) n. Greek: Μονακό (el) (Monakó) n. Hebrew: מונאקו (he) Hindi: मोनाको (hi) (mōnākō) Hungarian: Monaco (hu) Interlingua: Monaco

Irish: Monacó m. Italian: Monaco (it) f., Principato di Monaco (it) m. Japanese: モナコ (ja) (Monako) Korean: 모나코 (ko) (Monako) Macedonian: Монако (mk) (Monáko) n. Maltese: Monako (mt) Norwegian: Monaco (no) Persian: موناکو (fa) Polish: Monako (pl) n. Portuguese: Mónaco (pt) m. Romanian: Monaco (ro) n. Russian: Монако (ru) (Monáko) n. (indeclinable) Serbian: Cyrillic: Монако m. Roman: Monako m. Sicilian: Mònacu m. Silesian: Můnako n. Slovak: Monako (sk) n. Slovene: Monako (sl) m. Spanish: Mónaco (es) m. Swedish: Monaco (sv) Thai: โมนาโก (th) (mohnaagoh) Turkish: Monako (tr) Turkmen: Monako (tk)

capital city

Basque: Monako (eu) Bosnian: Monako (bs) m. Catalan: Mònaco (ca) m. Croatian: Monako (hr) m. Estonian: Monaco (et) French: Monaco (fr) Greek: Μονακό [Monakó] n. Hungarian: Monaco (hu) Japanese: モナコ (ja) (Monako), モナコ市 (Monako-shi)

Macedonian: Монако (mk) (Monáko) n. Maltese: Il-Belt ta' Monako (mt) Norwegian: Monaco (no) Russian: Монако (ru) (Monáko) n. (indeclinable) Serbian: Cyrillic: Монако m. Roman: Monako m. Swedish: Monaco (sv) Turkish: Monako (tr)

See also

• Countries of the world
• Wikipedia article on Monaco

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Breton

Proper noun

Monaco

1. Monaco

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Danish

Proper noun

Monaco

1. Monaco

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Proper noun

Monaco

1. Monaco (country and capital city)

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Estonian

Proper noun

Monaco

1. Monaco (country)
2. Monaco (city)

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Finnish

Wikipedia ^fi

Proper noun

Monaco

1. Monaco

Declension

Declension of Monaco (type valo) singular plural nominative Monaco – genitive Monacon – partitive Monacoa – accusative Monaco Monacon – inessive Monacossa – elative Monacosta – illative Monacoon – adessive Monacolla – ablative Monacolta – allative Monacolle – essive Monacona – translative Monacoksi – instructive – – abessive Monacotta – comitative – –

Derived terms

• monacolainen

Anagrams

• Moona

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French

Proper noun

Monaco m.

1. Monaco (principality)
2. Monaco (capital)

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German

Proper noun

Monaco

1. Monaco

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Interlingua

Proper noun

Monaco

1. Monaco

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Proper noun

Monaco m.

1. Monaco

Monaco f.

1. Munich (Monaco di Baviera)

Derived terms

• monegasco

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Monaco

1. Monaco

See also

• monegask, monegasker
• monegaskisk

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Romanian

Proper noun

Monaco n.

1. Monaco

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Swedish

Proper noun

Monaco

1. Monaco