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Monégasque is the traditional national language of the Monegasque people (who represent only 21.6% of the total population [1]). It is a dialect of Ligurian, and is somewhat similar to Italian. Because the Monégasques are a minority in Monaco, their tongue was threatened with extinction in the 1970s.
La Dame de Monte Carlo is a monologue for soprano and orchestra composed by Francis Poulenc in 1961 based on a poem from Jean Cocteau’s Théâtre de poche. [17] "Monte Carlo Nights" is a song by Grover Washington Jr composed in 2001. [18] "Goin' Down To Monte Carlo" is a song by Van Morrison composed in 2012. [18]
The Monte-Carlo Masters is held annually in neighbouring Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, as a professional tournament for men as part of tennis's ATP Masters Series. [190] The tournament has been held since 1897. Golf's Monte Carlo Open was also held at the Monte Carlo Golf Club at Mont Agel in France between 1984 and 1992.
The church is situated on the Avenue Sainte-Charles in the Monte Carlo district of Monaco. [1] The church hosts the only English language Catholic service on the French Riviera, and offers Catechism classes in English for children and adults. [2]
Monte Carlo simulation: Drawing a large number of pseudo-random uniform variables from the interval [0,1] at one time, or once at many different times, and assigning values less than or equal to 0.50 as heads and greater than 0.50 as tails, is a Monte Carlo simulation of the behavior of repeatedly tossing a coin.
Radio Monte Carlo International was an English language station on 205 metres on the mediumwave. Launched on December 1, 1970 with British DJs Tommy Vance and Dave Cash with contemporary pop music and considered at the time as a rival of Radio Luxembourg 's English programming.
Monte Carlo methods for particle transport have been driving computational developments since the beginning of modern computers; this continues today. In the 1950s and 1960s, these new methods were organized into a series of special-purpose Monte Carlo codes, including MCS, MCN, MCP, and MCG. These codes were able to transport neutrons and ...
Monte Carlo → Monte-Carlo — The correct name is with hyphen. MH 16:52, 1 February 2009 (UTC) Comment. This is the English language wikipedia. English language dictionaries provide the spelling only as "Monte Carlo", with no hyphen. French spellings differ in many ways from English spellings.