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Although the name's spelling and pronunciation in [[French language|French]] are identical to those for the word that means "chin", there does not seem to be any link with this French word. According to the French geographer [[Toponymie générale de la France|Ernest Nègre]], the name ''Menton'' comes from the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] name ''Mento''.<ref>Ernest Nègre, ''[[Toponymie générale de la France|General Toponym of France]] : Etymology of 35,000 place names'', Geneva : Librairie Droz, 1990. Volume&nbsp;I : Pre-Celtic, Celtic, and Roman names, § 11 118, p 664 (in French).</ref> However, it is possible that the name of the city comes from ''Mons Ottonis'' (reconstituted) from the name of Otton&nbsp;II, the count of [[Ventimiglia, Italy|Ventimiglia]] from 1162-1200.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mentonnais.org/html/extranet/histoire.html|title=Fondation de Menton}}</ref> In [[Mentonasc]], the city's name is ''Mentan'' ({{IPA-oc|mẽˈtãmɛ(n)ˈtã|pron}}), and in Italian ''Mentone'' ({{IPA-it|menˈtoːne|}}).