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From Wikipedia: The name of the city is derived from the Old/Middle High German term Munichen, meaning "by the monks".
by layoutIfNeeded 7y ago
From Wikipedia:
The name of the city is derived from the Old/Middle High German term Munichen, meaning "by the monks".
- frabert 7y agoThe Italian name for München/Munich is Monaco (literally "monk"), which makes a lot of sense now :)
- desdiv 7y agoWhich brings up the question, what is the Principality of Monaco called in Italian? To save you a guys a trip to Wikipedia: The city state of Monaco is also called Monaco in Italian. Both the English and the Italian names are derived from the Greek word Monoikos, meaning "single house". The German city of München is called Monaco in Italian and Monacum/Monachium in Latin. The Italian name derives from the Latin name, which in turn is derives from the Latin word for monk. To avoid confusion, the German city is more commonly referred to as "Monaco di Baviera" (Monaco of Bavaria) to better differentiate it from the microstate.