Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Italian, literally "Charles's Mountain," founded 1866 and named for Charles III of Monaco (1818-1889). The car rally there dates to 1911.
Wikipedia
Monte Carlo (; , Monégasque: Monte-Carlu) officially refers to an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is located. Informally the name also refers to a larger district, the Monte Carlo Quarter (corresponding to the former municipality of Monte Carlo), which besides Monte Carlo/Spélugues also includes the wards of La Rousse/Saint Roman, Larvotto/Bas Moulins, and Saint Michel. The permanent population of the ward of Monte Carlo is about 3,500, while that of the quarter is about 15,000. Monaco has four traditional quarters. From west to east they are: Fontvieille (the newest), Monaco-Ville (the oldest), La Condamine, and Monte Carlo.
Monte Carlo (literally "Mount Charles") is situated on a prominent escarpment at the base of the Maritime Alps along the French Riviera. Near the western end of the quarter is the world-famous Place du Casino, the gambling center which has made Monte Carlo "an international byword for the extravagant display and reckless dispersal of wealth". It is also the location of the Hôtel de Paris, the Café de Paris, and the Salle Garnier (the casino theatre which is the home of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo).
The eastern part of the quarter includes the community of Larvotto with Monaco's only public beach, as well as its new convention center (the Grimaldi Forum), and the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort. At the quarter's eastern border, one crosses into the French town of Beausoleil (sometimes referred to as Monte-Carlo-Supérieur), and just to its east is the western border of Italy.
Monte Carlo (also known as Weddings and Double and Quits, which is not to be confused with Double or Quits) is a Patience pair-matching card game (using a deck of 52 playing cards) where the object is to remove pairs from the tableau. Contrary to its name, it has no relation to the city with the same name nor to any casino-related game.
Monte Carlo is an administrative area of Monaco, famous for its Monte Carlo Casino gambling and entertainment complex.
Monte Carlo or Montecarlo may also refer to:
Monte Carlo is a gambling simulation video game created for the Apple IIGS, created by PBI Software. It was programmed by Richard L. Seaborne and released in 1987.
Monte Carlo biscuits are a sweet biscuit that have been manufactured since 1926 by Arnott's Biscuits Holdings.
These biscuits are made with two oval shaped Golden Syrup, honey and coconut biscuits joined by a layer of vanilla flavoured cream covered with raspberry jam. At an average mass of 20.8 grams each, the Monte Carlo is the heaviest biscuit available in Arnott's Assorted Cream product.
They were named after the city of Monte Carlo.
Monte Carlo is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It stars Jeanette MacDonald as Countess Helene Mara. The film is notable for the song " Beyond the Blue Horizon", which was written for the film and was performed by Jeanette MacDonald. The film was also hailed by critics as a masterpiece of the newly emerging musical genre. The screenplay was based on the Booth Tarkington novel Monsieur Beaucaire.
Monte Carlo is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts with a book by Sidney Carlton, music by Howard Talbot with English lyrics by Harry Greenbank. The work was first performed at the Avenue Theatre in London, opening on 27 August 1896. The New York production opened on March 21, 1898 at the Herald Square Theatre.
Hans von Holstein, better known as Monte Carlo (14 July 1883 — 9 June 1967), was a Danish-born American Broadway composer and author.
Monte Carlo is a brand of vodka in the prestige category of bottled distilled spirits, or liquors. It is crafted in France and was first introduced to the United States in the Florida market. It is known for being produced from winter wheat and going through a stringent refining process.
Monte Carlo is a 1986 CBS television miniseries starring Joan Collins. An adaptation of the 1983 novel of the same name by Stephen Sheppard, it is a spy thriller set in Monaco during World War II. The miniseries was produced by Gerald W. Abrams, Collins and her then-husband Peter Holm.
''Not to be confused with Monte Carlo (1926 film) Monte Carlo is a 1925 French silent drama film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Betty Balfour and Rachel Devirys. The film is based on a novel of the same title by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The casting of Blackwell and Balfour in leading roles was intended to give the film appeal in the British market.
Monte Carlo is a 2011 Hungarian-American romantic comedy film based on Headhunters by Jules Bass. It was directed by Thomas Bezucha. Denise Di Novi, Alison Greenspan, Nicole Kidman, and Arnon Milchan produced the film for Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises. It began production in Harghita, Romania on May 5, 2010. Monte Carlo stars Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy as three friends posing as wealthy socialites in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The film was released on July 1, 2011. It features the song " Who Says" by Selena Gomez & the Scene and numerous songs by British singer Mika. Monte Carlo received mixed reviews from critics and it earned $39,667,665 on a $20 million budget. Fox Home Entertainment released Monte Carlo on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on October 18, 2011.
Monte Carlo is a Danish radio programme, which is being send on the radio channel DR P3. The program is made by the two presenters Esben Bjerre Hansen and Peter Falktoft.
The program started out sending between 9.00 and 12.00 AM each Sunday, but from 20 February 2012 the airtime was moved to 2-4 PM all working days.
Fixed component parts is (translated) "The Quotation Index", "The Per Wimmer Quiz", "The Mystical Mr. Mox Quiz" and "Heard over the hedge" (#hørtoverhækken). They are often making fun with a lot of different persons, including - but not limited to - Remee, Rolf Sørensen and the Danish politician Simon Emil Ammitzbøl.
In 2012, Monte Carlo was a part of the DR's coverage of the United States presidential election, sending from Miami, Florida, from 29 October to 7 November 2012.
In a big poll, made by DR, they were proposed as host for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, which is being held in the Danish capital Copenhagen.
Monte Carlo is a 1921 German silent film directed by Fred Sauer.
Usage examples of "monte carlo".
I burst out into the driveway just in time to see the Monte Carlo pulling out through the gate onto the highway.
Come rescue me from this charming man who looks like Paul Newman and forces me to go on his 250-foot yacht and live in our squalid little palaces in Monte Carlo, and Morocco, and Paris, and London, and God alone knew where else.
This was what Monte Carlo wouldn't pay Cathy for, a re-run of the Olympic final.
The count then urged the Florentines to come to terms with the Lucchese, and so convinced them of the necessity of this, that seeing no better course to adopt, they complied in April, 1438, by which treaty the Lucchese retained their liberty, and the Florentines Monte Carlo and a few other fortresses.
So I made up my mind to have ten wild gorgeous days at Monte Carlo and make a fortune, or lose the lot.
But Monte Carlo is, of all places, the one where the human bond is least close, and odd sights are the least arresting.
It was said that movie addicts all over the country had memorized the faces of hundreds of extras and whenever a favorite appeared, he was cheered as he fought in the American or French Revolution or languidly gambled at the casino in Monte Carlo or pushed a cart in the slums of Old New York.
She looked at him across the roof of his new Monte Carlo-red this time.