Monaco
English
Etymology
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).
Pronunciation
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
country in Europe
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capital city
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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, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, 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
Danish
Estonian
Proper noun
Monaco
- Monaco (country)
- Monaco (city)
Finnish
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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Monacotta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Interlingua
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.na.ko/, [ˈmɔː.na.ko]
- Stress: Mònaco
- Hyphenation: Mo‧na‧co
- Homophone: monaco
Proper noun
Monaco m
- Monaco (country)
- Synonym: Principato di Monaco
- Monaco (city and municipality)
- A surname.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Satellite map of Monaco
Romanian
Swedish
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