Monaco

Meaning

Proper Noun

• city-state Western Europe (region) .

Origin

• Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνοικος ("single house"), from μόνος + οἶκος, the name of the 6th century BC colony of Phocaeans and an epithet of Heracles (Hercules), Ἡρακλῆς Μόνοικος . 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).