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Monaco
The flag, its red and white in hearts, the two flags it is mistaken for, its neighbours, and the emoji that say Monaco at a glance.
Money
Monaco is not in the EU but uses the euro and mints its own euro coins; before 2002 it used the Monรฉgasque franc, at par with the French franc.
French is Monaco's official language. These are its letters beyond plain AโZ, lined up by accent.
French quotation marks
Guillemets, written with a space inside: ยซ Bonjour ยป.
The Princely family
The Grimaldis, the palace on the Rock and its guards, and the monks with swords on the coat of arms.
Grand Prix & rally
The Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix since 1929 and the Monte Carlo Rally since 1911.
Monte-Carlo nights
The Casino de Monte-Carlo, black tie and the lights of the harbour.
Port & sea
Port Hercule, the Mediterranean and the Rock of Monaco-Ville.
Oceanographic Museum
Prince Albert I's museum on the cliff, and the whales and dolphins of the Pelagos sanctuary offshore.
Gardens
The Exotic Garden's succulents and the Princess Grace Rose Garden.
Stage & screen
Opera, ballet and the philharmonic, the circus festival, Grace Kelly and the television festival.
Sport
AS Monaco in football and basketball, the Monte-Carlo Masters and the Herculis athletics meeting.
Food
Barbagiuan, stocafi, fougasse and the Riviera table Monaco shares with Nice.
Holidays
Sainte-Dรฉvote on 27 January and National Day on 19 November.
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Monaco flag emoji ๐ฒ๐จ
The Monaco flag emoji is not a picture stored in Unicode but a pair of letters: the regional indicator symbols and , Monaco's country code MC. Phones and Macs draw the pair as the flag; Windows has no country flag pictures in its emoji font, so there the same emoji shows as the letters MC. It is still the flag, and anyone who receives it on a phone sees . Typing 'monaco' in the emoji search of iPhone, Android or WhatsApp finds it.
The flag is two horizontal stripes, red over white, the heraldic colours of the Grimaldi family, who have ruled Monaco since the Middle Ages. The princely state adopted it in 1881. At emoji size it is practically the same as Indonesia, which is also red over white; the only difference between the real flags is their shape, 4:5 for Monaco and 2:3 for Indonesia, and most emoji fonts draw every flag in the same shape, so the two emoji look identical. Poland is the reverse, white over red. When it matters which one you mean, write the name beside it, or add a Monaco emoji such as or .
Monaco emoji meanings:
and are the Monaco Grand Prix, run through the streets of the principality since 1929 and part of the Formula 1 world championship since its first season in 1950. The cars climb from the harbour past the Casino, dive through the tunnel and come back along the quay, and the first corner is named after the little church of Sainte-Dรฉvote that stands beside it. is the podium, where the winner receives the trophy from the Prince. Monaco has a second motor race of its own, the Monte Carlo Rally , held since 1911. Charles Leclerc, who was born in Monaco, won his home Grand Prix in 2024, the first Monรฉgasque to do so since Louis Chiron in 1931.
are the Casino de Monte-Carlo, the Belle รpoque building on Place du Casino whose opera hall, the Salle Garnier, was designed by Charles Garnier, the architect of the Paris Opรฉra. The district around it, Monte-Carlo, is not a separate town but one of Monaco's quarters, named after Prince Charles III. is the black-tie evening there, the lit-up harbour and the grand hotels on the square.
are Port Hercule, the harbour in La Condamine, full of yachts and visited by cruise ships, and the setting of the Monaco Yacht Show every September. stand for the Prince's Palace on the Rock , the old town of Monaco-Ville, and the Grimaldi family who live there; is the Carabiniers du Prince, whose changing of the guard in front of the palace happens every day just before noon. comes from the coat of arms, where two monks hold swords, a memory of 1297, when Franรงois Grimaldi took the fortress on the Rock disguised as a monk. is the wedding of Prince Rainier III and the film star Grace Kelly in 1956, the most famous day in Monaco's modern history.
are the Oceanographic Museum, built into the cliff of the Rock by Prince Albert I, the sailor-scientist prince, and opened in 1910; Jacques-Yves Cousteau was its director from 1957 to 1988. are the dolphins and whales of the Pelagos sanctuary that Monaco, France and Italy protect together in the sea offshore. is the Exotic Garden, whose cacti and succulents grow on a cliff above the town, and the Princess Grace Rose Garden in Fontvieille.
Stage, screen and sport in Monaco
are the Opรฉra de Monte-Carlo, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic; in the early twentieth century Diaghilev's Ballets Russes made Monte-Carlo their home base. are the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo, founded by Rainier III in 1974 and held every January, whose top prize is a Golden Clown. recalls Grace Kelly's Hollywood career, and the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.
is AS Monaco, which plays in the French league from the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille, in red and white, and has been champion of France eight times; is its basketball team. is the Monte-Carlo Masters, the clay-court tennis tournament played each April at the Monte-Carlo Country Club, just across the border in France, which Rafael Nadal won eleven times. is the Herculis athletics meeting at the Stade Louis II, a stop on the Diamond League.
Monaco holidays and Monรฉgasque food emoji
27 January is the feast of Sainte-Dรฉvote, Monaco's patron saint. Legend says her body was carried by boat and guided by a dove to the shore of Monaco; on the evening before her feast a boat is burned in front of her church , in memory of the thieves who tried to steal her relics and had their boat set alight. 19 November is National Day, with a mass in the cathedral, the princely family on the palace balcony and fireworks over the harbour; people post and Bonne fรชte nationale !
The national dish is barbagiuan , a small fried pastry filled with Swiss chard and ricotta , eaten above all on National Day; its name means 'Uncle John' in Monรฉgasque. is stocafi, dried cod stewed with tomatoes, olives and white wine. is fougasse monรฉgasque, a sweet flat bread scented with orange blossom and topped with almonds and aniseed comfits, and the onion tart pissaladiรจre that Monaco shares with neighbouring Nice. is the rosรฉ and white wine of the Riviera on the table.
Monaco symbols: the euro and French letters
Monaco is not in the European Union, but by agreement with it the principality uses the euro and mints its own euro coins, with the reigning prince on its 1 and 2 coins; because so few are made, collectors prize them. Prices are written in the French way, after the amount: 20 . Before 2002 Monaco had the Monรฉgasque franc, worth exactly one French franc , and French francs circulated freely beside it.
French is Monaco's official language, and CLDR lists about 31,000 French speakers in Monaco. Its letters beyond AโZ are the grave ร รจ รน, the acute รฉ, the circumflex รข รช รฎ รด รป, the diaeresis รซ รฏ รผ รฟ, the cedilla รง and the ligatures ล and รฆ, with ยซ ยป guillemets for quotes, written with a space inside. On Windows, Alt0233 gives รฉ, Alt0232 รจ, Alt0224 ร , Alt0231 รง, Alt0171 ยซ and Alt0128 ; on a Mac, OptionE then E gives รฉ, OptionC gives รง, Option\ gives ยซ and OptionShift2 gives ; on a phone, hold the plain letter. In HTML they are é, ç, « and €. The French collection has every letter and how to type it, and the France collection the emoji of the country around Monaco.
Monรฉgasque, a Ligurian language close to the dialect of Genoa, is the principality's own traditional language. It is taught in Monaco's schools and appears beside French on the street signs of the old town on the Rock. Italian and English are widely heard as well.
How to use them
6 situationsClick to copyMonaco Emoji combos
15Worth knowing
- Monรฉgasque citizens are not allowed to gamble in the gaming rooms of their own Casino de Monte-Carlo .
- Monaco covers about 2 square kilometres, smaller than New York's Central Park, and is the second-smallest country in the world after Vatican City.
- The flags of Monaco and Indonesia differ in red shade and shape (4:5 against 2:3), though most emoji fonts draw them alike.
- The first corner of the Grand Prix circuit is named after the church of Sainte-Dรฉvote , Monaco's patron saint, which stands right beside it.
- Monaco has no airport of its own: a helicopter from the heliport in Fontvieille reaches Nice airport in a few minutes.
Questions people ask
7How do I copy and paste the Monaco flag emoji?
Tap in the grid to copy it and paste it anywhere. The hearts in the flag's colours and the Grand Prix and casino emoji are next to it.
Is there a Monaco flag emoji?
Yes, , made of the regional indicator letters M and C. On phones and Macs it shows as the red and white flag; Windows shows the letters MC.
What is the difference between the Monaco and Indonesia flag emoji?
The flags share red over white but differ in red shade and proportion: Monaco's is 4:5, Indonesia's 2:3. Emoji fonts draw all flags the same shape, so and look identical; write the name next to the one you mean. Poland is the other way round, white over red.
What are Monaco's national symbols?
The red and white flag , the Grimaldi coat of arms with its red and white lozenges held by two monks with swords, the motto Deo Juvante, 'with God's help', the national anthem, the Hymne Monรฉgasque, and the Prince's Palace on the Rock.
What is the currency symbol of Monaco?
The euro sign , written after the amount: 20 . Monaco mints its own euro coins. Before 2002 it used the Monรฉgasque franc, at par with the French franc .
What is the difference between Monaco and Monte Carlo?
Monaco is the country; Monte-Carlo is one of its districts, the quarter around the Casino. Monaco-Ville on the Rock, La Condamine by the port and Fontvieille are others.
What language is spoken in Monaco?
French is the official language, so its letters รฉ รจ ร รง รด ล and ยซ ยป are in the grid. Monรฉgasque, the traditional language, is taught in schools, and Italian and English are widely spoken.
