Monaco

See also: monaco, monacò, Mónaco, Mònaco, Mônaco, and Mô-na-cô

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɒ.nə.kəʊ/, /mɒˈnɑː.kəʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.nə.koʊ/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Monaco

2. A country in Europe. Official name: Principality of Monaco.
3. 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

• Monacan
• Monégasque

Translations

country in Europe

• Acehnese: Monakô
• Arabic: مُونَاكُو m (munākū)
• Armenian: Մոնակո (Monako)
• Azerbaijani: Monako (az)
• Bashkir: Монако (Monako)
• Basque: Monako (eu)
• Belarusian: Мана́ка f (Manáka)
• Bengali: মোনাকো (mōnakō)
• Breton: Monaco
• Bulgarian: Мона́ко (bg) f (Monáko)
• Burmese: မိုနာကို (muinakui)
• Catalan: Mònaco (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩納哥／摩纳哥 (zh) (Mónàgē), 摩纳哥 (zh) (Mónàgē)

• Czech: Monako (cs) n
• Danish: Monaco (da)
• Dutch: Monaco (nl)
• Esperanto: Monako (eo)
• Estonian: Monaco (et)
• Faroese: Monako n
• Finnish: Monaco (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Monacô
• French: Monaco (fr) m
• Galician: Mónaco (gl) m
• Georgian: მონაკო (monaḳo)
• German: Monaco (de) n
• Greek: Μονακό (el) n (Monakó)
• Hausa: Monaco, Monako
• Hebrew: מוֹנאקוֹ (monako), מוֹנָקוֹ (monako)
• Hindi: मोनाको (hi) (monāko)
• Hungarian: Monaco (hu)
• Ido: Monako (io)
• Interlingua: Monaco
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• Irish: Monacó m
• Italian: Monaco m, Principato di Monaco m
• Japanese: モナコ (ja) (Monako)
• Khmer: ម៉ូណាកូ (km) (mounaakou)
• Korean: 모나코 (Monako)
• Lao: ໂມນາໂກ (mō nā kō)
• Ligurian: Munegu
• Macedonian: Мона́ко (mk) n (Monáko)
• Maltese: Monako
• Norman: Monaco m
• Norwegian: Monaco (no)
• Persian: موناکو (fa) (monâko)
• Polish: Monako (pl) n
• Portuguese: Mónaco (pt) m (Portugal), Mônaco (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: Monaco (ro) n
• Russian: Мона́ко (ru) n (Monáko)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Монако m

  Roman: Monako (sh) m

• Sicilian: Mònacu m
• Silesian: Můnako n
• Slovak: Monako (sk) n
• Slovene: Monáko (sl) m
• Spanish: Mónaco (es) m
• Swedish: Monaco (sv)
• Tagalog: Monako
• Thai: โมนาโก (th) (moo-naa-goo)
• Turkish: Monako (tr), Monako Prensliği (tr)
• Turkmen: Monako
• Ukrainian: Мона́ко (uk) n (Monáko)
• Vietnamese: Mô-na-cô
• Yiddish: מאָנאַקאָ (monako)
• Yoruba: Monako

capital city

• Basque: Monako (eu)
• Catalan: Mònaco (ca) m
• Danish: Monaco (da)
• Esperanto: Monako (eo)
• Estonian: Monaco (et)
• Finnish: Monaco (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Monacô
• French: Monaco (fr)
• Georgian: მონაკო (monaḳo)
• Greek: Μονακό (el) n (Monakó)
• Hungarian: Monaco (hu)
• Italian: Monaco m
• Japanese: モナコ (ja) (Monako), モナコ市 (Monako-shi)
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• Macedonian: Мона́ко (mk) n (Monáko)
• Maltese: Il-Belt ta’ Monako
• Norman: Monaco m
• Norwegian: Monaco (no)
• Portuguese: Mónaco-Ville f (Portugal), Mônaco-Ville f (Brazil), Mónaco (pt) m (Portugal), Mônaco (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: Monaco (ro) n
• Russian: Мона́ко (ru) n (Monáko)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Монако m

  Roman: Monako (sh) m

• Spanish: Mónaco (es)
• Swedish: Monaco (sv)
• Turkish: Monako (tr)

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Countries of the world

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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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Monaco n

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

Proper noun

Monaco

1. Monaco

Declension

Inflection of Monaco (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Monaco	—
genitive		Monacon	—
partitive		Monacoa	—
illative		Monacoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Monaco	—
accusative	nom.	Monaco	—
	gen.	Monacon
genitive		Monacon	—
partitive		Monacoa	—
inessive		Monacossa	—
elative		Monacosta	—
illative		Monacoon	—
adessive		Monacolla	—
ablative		Monacolta	—
allative		Monacolle	—
essive		Monacona	—
translative		Monacoksi	—
abessive		Monacotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Monaco (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Monaconi — accusative nom. Monaconi — gen. Monaconi genitive Monaconi — partitive Monacoani — inessive Monacossani — elative Monacostani — illative Monacooni — adessive Monacollani — ablative Monacoltani — allative Monacolleni — essive Monaconani — translative Monacokseni — abessive Monacottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Monacosi — accusative nom. Monacosi — gen. Monacosi genitive Monacosi — partitive Monacoasi — inessive Monacossasi — elative Monacostasi — illative Monacoosi — adessive Monacollasi — ablative Monacoltasi — allative Monacollesi — essive Monaconasi — translative Monacoksesi — abessive Monacottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Monacomme — accusative nom. Monacomme — gen. Monacomme genitive Monacomme — partitive Monacoamme — inessive Monacossamme — elative Monacostamme — illative Monacoomme — adessive Monacollamme — ablative Monacoltamme — allative Monacollemme — essive Monaconamme — translative Monacoksemme — abessive Monacottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Monaconne — accusative nom. Monaconne — gen. Monaconne genitive Monaconne — partitive Monacoanne — inessive Monacossanne — elative Monacostanne — illative Monacoonne — adessive Monacollanne — ablative Monacoltanne — allative Monacollenne — essive Monaconanne — translative Monacoksenne — abessive Monacottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Monaconsa — accusative nom. Monaconsa — gen. Monaconsa genitive Monaconsa — partitive Monacoaan Monacoansa — inessive Monacossaan Monacossansa — elative Monacostaan Monacostansa — illative Monacoonsa — adessive Monacollaan Monacollansa — ablative Monacoltaan Monacoltansa — allative Monacolleen Monacollensa — essive Monaconaan Monaconansa — translative Monacokseen Monacoksensa — abessive Monacottaan Monacottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• monacolainen

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French

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Monaco m

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

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Monaco n (proper noun, strong, genitive Monacos)

1. Monaco

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Interlingua

Proper noun

Monaco

1. Monaco

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.na.ko/, [ˈmɔː.na.ko]
• Hyphenation: Mò‧na‧co
• Homophone: monaco

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Monaco m

1. Monaco (country)

   Synonym: Principato di Monaco

2. Monaco (city and municipality)
3. a surname

Derived terms

• monegasco

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Monaco m

1. Munich

   Synonym: Monaco di Baviera

Derived terms

• monachese

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Norwegian Bokmål

Satellite map of Monaco

Proper noun

Monaco

1. Monaco

Related terms

• monegasker
• monegaskisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Monaco

1. Monaco

Related terms

• monegask, monegaskar
• monegaskisk

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Romanian

Proper noun

Monaco n

1. Monaco

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Swedish

Proper noun

Monaco n (genitive Monacos)

1. Monaco