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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

Monte Carlo

/ˌmɔn.ti ˈkɑɹ.loʊ̯/

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What does Monte Carlo mean?

noun

  1. A commonly served drink consisting of beer and grenadine.
  2. An informal dance competition, where contestants in one quarter of the floor are eliminated by a randomly drawn card representing the corner.

proper noun

  1. A ward of Monaco, Europe, famous for its casinos.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. Ellipsis of Monte Carlo method.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌmɔn.ti ˈkɑɹ.loʊ̯/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˌmɑn.ti ˈkɑɹ.loʊ̯/
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“I don’t know if he will be able to come, Harry. He may have to go to Monte Carlo with his father.”
Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian GrayProject Gutenberg ebook #174
Why, it says that although you're going to marry me to-morrow, you were betrothed in infancy to the Princess of Monte Carlo!
Arthur Sullivan; W. S. (William Schwenck) GilbertThe Complete Plays of Gilbert and SullivanProject Gutenberg ebook #808
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One of the largest is that on the Colline des Mulets, above Monte Carlo.
Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de NadaillacManners and Monuments of Prehistoric PeoplesTranslated by N. D'AnversProject Gutenberg ebook #3309
Lady Considine's dinners were indifferent, and the guests were apt to be a bit too smart and too redolent of last season's Monte Carlo odour.
W. G., Mrs. WatersThe Cook's Decameron A Study in Taste, Containing over Two Hundred Recipes for Italian DishesProject Gutenberg ebook #930
The whole Royalist gang was in Monte Carlo now, I reckoned.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058