Monégasque: Why are people from Monaco called Monégasque?

Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, on the Mediterranean Sea.

Monaco is bordered by France to the north, east and west.

Monaco is home to 38,682 residents,of whom 9,486 are Monégasque nationals.

Monaco is widely recognised as one of the most expensive and wealthiest places in the world and the official language of the principality is French.

In addition, Monégasque (a dialect of Ligurian), Italian and English are spoken and understood by many residents.

Why are people from Monaco called Monégasque?

People native to Monaco are called Monégasque.

However, a person born in a foreign country but resident in Monaco is a Monacoian.

Monaco is quite unusual because the native Monégasque people are actually in the minority in the country: only a fifth of its 38,000-strong population is native.