place
Monaco
also: Монако
Invoked absurdly as a site of "mobilization of troops," mocking the tiny principality's negligible military significance.
Reading notes
- The Alarm Clock's Calendar §217 Monaco
The tiny Mediterranean principality, invoked absurdly for a comic "mobilization of troops" -- mocking its negligible military weight.
- To the Chekhovs, April 1891. Nice. §5 I am going to Monaco
Announces the next leg of the trip along the Riviera from Nice; Monaco (and its casino at Monte Carlo) was the obvious next stop for a traveler already gambling in Nice the night before (cf. \S3).