Talk:Monaco

Semi-protected edit request on 9 April 2025

Tour de France in Monaco: Currently mentions only one occasion when the bike race has visited Monaco. While this is not incorrect, the race has actually visited Monaco on eight occasions.

I'd suggest the following additional paragraph:

"On many occasions, Monaco has been part of a Tour de France stage route. Notably, the final stage of the 2024 edition featured a stage that began in Monaco. The 33.7 km time trial route took riders from Monaco across the border to Nice. This was a historic occasion, as it marked the first time since 1904 that the Tour de France concluded outside Paris."

Sources: https://www.letour.fr/en/etape-21 and https://www.letour.fr/en/news/2023/a-time-trial-from-monaco-to-nice-to-wrap-up-the-2024-tour-de-france/1308971

Justification: The Monaco–Nice stage from 2024 was both a recent and historical occasion, during which a significant portion of the stage was raced in Monaco. KalmariMari (talk) 11:47, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Partly done: I added the first sentence, a straightforward description of facts. The rest of the suggested edit contained analysis ("notably", "historic") that would require a secondary source. Perception312 (talk) 13:55, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 April 2025

A change on the origin of the name 'Monaco' should be made as there is no evidence of a Greek origin. Based on Monaco's official government website:

“Monoikos, a Ligurian town” or Liguria: this is how Hecataeus of Miletus (550-475 B.C.) described Monoikos, a settlement which was very likely founded by a Ligurian tribe whose name, which was probably local, remains unknown. Another etymological idea is that the name Monoikos was derived from the Phoenician or Hebrew words Menihh or Monêhh, which mean “restful”.

There is a tempting hypothesis which traces the etymology of the toponym Monaco back to Hercules. Legend would have it that Hercules, founder of Monaco, was called “solitary” or “having one temple only” (monos-only and oikos-house). But Monoikos as such is found nowhere in Greek literature. Consequently, this explanation for the etymology of Monaco does not hold water, but it does shed light on the links which connect Monaco with the half-God. In fact, the hilly landscape of the future Principality and the paths to get there are reputed to have been traced through by Hercules, who was on his way to accomplish one of his labours. Rainierle (talk) 10:57, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

I've removed the unreferenced "single house" etymology and noted that the name is thought to be of Ligurian origin. Zacwill (talk) 00:39, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

Why Italian in the native names ?

Only French and Monégasque are natives to Monaco, not italian so I suggest to erase it. 94.140.177.7 (talk) 16:07, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Agreed; would be great if someone saw these comments. Alofi Niue (talk) 04:07, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 May 2025

Le Portier residential area was opened in December 2024 - please rewrite the paragraph referring to it in the end of the History topic to change it from a project/future event to a established event Rogercomenta (talk) 19:45, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Not done. It's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. NotJamestack (talk) 13:32, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Official language is just French

The official language of Monaco is French, period; the “Meridional” written next to it at the info box has no official status and therefore no place in the “official language” cell. Alofi Niue (talk) 04:06, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Done Livingston 18:15, 7 May 2026 (UTC)