Monaco
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
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Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
Monaco
- A country in Europe. Official name: Principality of Monaco.
- 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
Translations
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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
Further reading
Breton
Proper noun
Monaco
Danish
Proper noun
Monaco
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Monaco n
- Monaco (country and capital city)
Estonian
Proper noun
Monaco
- Monaco (country)
- Monaco (city)
Finnish
Proper noun
Monaco
Declension
Inflection of Monaco (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
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Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Monaco m
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Monaco n (proper noun, strong, genitive Monacos)
Interlingua
Proper noun
Monaco
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Monaco m
- Monaco (country)
- Synonym: Principato di Monaco
- Monaco (city and municipality)
- a surname
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Monaco m
- Munich
- Synonym: Monaco di Baviera
Derived terms
Further reading
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Norwegian Bokmål
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Monaco_satellite_map.png/220px-Monaco_satellite_map.png)
Proper noun
Monaco
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Monaco
Related terms
Romanian
Proper noun
Monaco n
Swedish
Proper noun
Monaco n (genitive Monacos)
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