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Moscow en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɒskəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmɑskæʊ/ (US)
  • mäsʹkou (US)
  • /ˈmɔsko/ (Scotland)
  • mŏsʹkō (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmɑskoʊ/ (US)
  • mŏsʹkō (New-Zealand)
  • mäsʹkō (US)
  • /ˈmaskæʊ/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈmaskoʊ/ (US)
  • /ˈmɔskɐʉ/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Ultimately from Old East Slavic Москов- (Moskov-), originally referring to the Moskva River, probably from Proto-Slavic *mosky (“swamp, dampness, moisture”). Perhaps related to Czech moskva (“raw bread”), Slovak mozga (“puddle”), Polish Mozgawa, and more distantly Latvian mazgāt (“to wash, rinse”), Sanskrit मज्जति (májjati, “to sink”), Latin mergō (“to dive”), all from Proto-Indo-European *mesg- (“to plunge, dip”). Cognate with Russian промозглый (promozglyj, “dank”). Doublet of Moskva.

Meanings

  1. A federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.
    • An IAF representative told an Indian parliamentary committee that due to the Ukraine war a “major delivery” from Moscow “is not going to take place.” 2023 March 24, Rhea Mogul, “Russia can’t meet India arms deliveries due to Ukraine war, Indian Air Force says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2024:
    • Everyone in Moscow uses the English term “face control,” though the phrase is often transliterated in print as “feis kontrol.” 2009 September 25, Joshua Yaffa, “Barbarians at the Gate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2012:
    • The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them. 1917, Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett, The Darling and Other Stories, Project Gutenberg, published 9 September 2004, →ISBN, page 71:
    • I was inclined to accept Yeltsin's invitation to go to Russia, but Tony Lake said Moscow shouldn't be my first foreign stop, and the rest of my team said it would divert attention from our domestic agenda. 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 49:
  2. An oblast of Russia surrounding the city, which itself is not part of the oblast; in full, Moscow Oblast.
  3. (metonymically) The government of Russia or the Soviet Union.
    • Yet, a few US newscasters will go on the air at 6 pm or later and say, "Moscow said tonight.["] ... A careful writer would make his script read, "Moscow said today. ..." 1997, Mervin Block, Writing Broadcast News: Shorter, Sharper, Stronger, →ISBN, page 154:
    • Their government says Moscow is funneling undocumented migrants to the border between the two countries to orchestrate an influx of immigration. 2024 July 12, “Finland approves controversial law to turn away migrants at Russian border”, in Euronews:
    • The translation of Khrushchev's letter reached me later that day, and I read it with care and with growing disappointment. It seemed designed for propaganda purposes rather than serious diplomacy. Khrushchev roundly denounced "colonizers" and "imperialism" as the major causes of past wars. Of course, he did not mention the Soviet Union's attack on Finland, the obliteration of the Baltic states, or the "colonization" of Eastern Europe by Moscow after World War II. 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “Thawing the Cold War”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 464–465:
    • In addition, Moscow argued that Georgia had violated international law by introducing its forces into South Ossetia, a move Moscow said Tbilisi had committed itself not to do under the earlier CIS-sponsored peacekeeping arrangements. 2009, Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Star, The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia, →ISBN, page 184:
    • Moscow doubtless wants to make trouble for the Western Powers so far as she can without losing their recognition or encouraging actual hostility. She wants peace and trade and an opportunity for internal economic reconstruction above everything just now. It seems doubtful whether she expects to Bolshevize China, though she wants China fully independent of Western imperialism and friendly to her. 1927 May, Quincy Wright, “Bolshevist Influences in China”, in Current History, volume XXVI, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 302, column 2:
    • I could not agree with the tactics or approach of those who, like Chiang Kai-shek in a speech on July 3, 1950, wanted the U.N. to charge the Russians with the full responsibility for this Korean conflict and to demand that Moscow put an end to it. This kind of bluster is certain to lead into an impossible dilemma. If these suggestions had been followed and the Soviets had ignored the order, as in all likelihood they would have done, either the United Nations would have stood convicted of weakness or World War III would have been on. 1956, Harry S. Truman, Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: Years of Trial And Hope, volume II, Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, pages 345–346:
    • Moscow said "Nyet!" 1987, Shelomoh Naḳdimon, First strike: the exclusive story of how Israel foiled Iraq's attempt to get the bomb, page 40:
  4. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Latah County, Idaho; probably named after the Russian city.
  5. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A borough of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
  6. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin; named after the Mascouten tribe.
  7. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A small city in Fayette County, Tennessee; named after Mosgo, a Cherokee chief.
  8. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A small town in Somerset County, Maine.
  9. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A tiny city in Stevens County, Kansas; said to be named after Luis de Moscoso Alvarado, a Spanish explorer.
  10. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Clermont County, Ohio; said to be named by French veterans of Napoleon's siege of Moscow.
  11. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland.
  12. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Lamar County, Alabama.
  13. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama.
  14. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
  15. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Rush County, Indiana.
  16. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Muscatine County, Iowa.
  17. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Kentucky.
  18. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
  19. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
  20. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Kemper County, Mississippi.
  21. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas.
  22. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in the town of Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont.
  23. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Hancock County, West Virginia.
  24. A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.
  25. A hamlet in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland; probably named or re-named in 1812 for Napoleon's retreat from Moscow (OS grid ref NS4840).
  26. A village in Kottayam district, Kerala, India; named due to Soviet influence in Kerala during the Cold War.
  27. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) A nickname for the Brandon Estate, a social housing estate in Southwark, Central London; named because of gun violence and the use of Russian-made contraband firearms.

Deriveds

Moscow mule · Moscow International Business Center · Moscow-on-Thames · City-of-Moscow · Moscow Oblast · Moscow International Business Centre · Moscow-City · Moscowesque · Moscow Mitch · Principality of Moscow · Grand Duchy of Moscow · Moscow Mike · Tsardom of Moscow · Moscow Watchdog · Moscow Time · moscovium · Moscow City · Duchy of Moscow · Sea of Moscow · City of Moscow · MIBC · Moscow Rus

Descendants

モスコー

Relateds

Muscovy · Muscovian · Moskva · Muscovite · Moskva · Moskva · moscovium

Synonyms

Kremlin

Translations (312)

et Moskva (capital city of Russia) · el Μόσκοου (a name of a town in the USA) · sl Móskva (capital city of Russia) · rgn Måssca (capital city of Russia) · ny Moscow (capital city of Russia) · ru Мо́скоу (a name of a town in the USA) · qu Moskwa (capital city of Russia) · dsb Moskwa (capital city of Russia) · lg Moosko (capital city of Russia) · ar مُوسْكُو (capital city of Russia) · sh Мо̏сква (capital city of Russia) · la Moscha (capital city of Russia) · bn মস্কো (capital city of Russia) · hy Մոսկուա (capital city of Russia) · tg Москва (capital city of Russia) · dv މޮސްކޯ (capital city of Russia) · az موسکوا (capital city of Russia) · tl Mosku (capital city of Russia) · zu IMoskwa (capital city of Russia) · pnt Μόσχα (capital city of Russia) · rue Москва́ (capital city of Russia) · war Moscow (capital city of Russia) · jv Moskou (capital city of Russia) · ur ماسْکو (capital city of Russia) · su Moskwa (capital city of Russia) · tyv Москва (capital city of Russia) · om Mooskoo (capital city of Russia) · nb Moskva (Moscow Oblast, surrounding the city of Moscow) · dng Москва (capital city of Russia) · pih Moskou (capital city of Russia) · mr मॉस्को (hamlet in Scotland) · uz Москва (capital city of Russia) · el Μόσχα (capital city of Russia) · arc ܡܘܣܩܒܐ (capital city of Russia) · ba Мәскәү (capital city of Russia) · la Moscua (capital city of Russia) · de Moskau (capital city of Russia) · krc Москва (capital city of Russia) · zza Moskowa (capital city of Russia) · tum Moscow (capital city of Russia) · bi Moskow (capital city of Russia) · cu Москъва (capital city of Russia) · co Mosca (capital city of Russia) · sd ماسڪو (capital city of Russia) · ks ماسکو (capital city of Russia) · rm Moscau (capital city of Russia) · nap Mosca (capital city of Russia) · bo མོ་སི་ཁའོ (capital city of Russia) · br Moskov (capital city of Russia) · pnb ماسکو (capital city of Russia) · id Moskwa (capital city of Russia) · guw Moscow (capital city of Russia) · udm Муско (capital city of Russia) · ky Маскөө (capital city of Russia) · hak 莫斯科 (capital city of Russia) · gd Mosgo (capital city of Russia) · frr Moskau (capital city of Russia) · mk Мо́сква (capital city of Russia) · am ሞስኮ (capital city of Russia) · alt Москва (capital city of Russia) · ext Moscú (capital city of Russia) · iu ᒨᔅᑯ (capital city of Russia) · ro Moscova (capital city of Russia) · ary موسكو (capital city of Russia) · fr Moscou (capital city of Russia) · tpi Mosko (capital city of Russia) · vls Moskou (capital city of Russia) · am ሞስኩ (capital city of Russia) · eu Mosku (capital city of Russia) · krl Moskva (capital city of Russia) · nso Moscow (capital city of Russia) · gag Moskva (capital city of Russia) · ne मस्को (capital city of Russia) · cmn 莫斯科 (capital city of Russia) · uk Москва́ (capital city of Russia) · sn Moscow (capital city of Russia) · ty Moscou (capital city of Russia) · nl Moskou (capital city of Russia) · dty मस्को (capital city of Russia) · vi Mạc Tư Khoa (capital city of Russia) · haw Mokekao (capital city of Russia) · rw Moscou (capital city of Russia) · vo Moskva (capital city of Russia) · mg Môsikao (capital city of Russia) · inh Москва (capital city of Russia) · crh Moskva (capital city of Russia) · av Москва (capital city of Russia) · mhr Моско (capital city of Russia) · ha Moscow (capital city of Russia) · fa مُسْکو (capital city of Russia) · myv Москов (capital city of Russia) · mr मॉस्को (Moscow Oblast, surrounding the city of Moscow) · ky Москва (capital city of Russia) · hi मास्को (capital city of Russia) · gv Moscow (capital city of Russia) · ca Moscou (capital city of Russia) · li Moskou (capital city of Russia) · nan-hbl 莫斯科 (capital city of Russia) · cu Москꙑ (capital city of Russia) · za Moscow (capital city of Russia) · xh Moscou (capital city of Russia) · lt Maskva (capital city of Russia) · ne मास्को (capital city of Russia) · sm Moscow (capital city of Russia) · is Moskva (capital city of Russia) · ps مسکو (capital city of Russia) · ms Mosko (capital city of Russia) · zea Moskou (capital city of Russia) · nb Moscow (a name of a town in the USA) · tk Москва (capital city of Russia) · krc Маскау (capital city of Russia) · sh Mȍskva (capital city of Russia) · glk مؤسکؤ (capital city of Russia) · mi Mohikau (capital city of Russia) · la Moscovia (capital city of Russia) · bg Москва́ (capital city of Russia) · ch Moscow (capital city of Russia) · mrj Москва (capital city of Russia) · fy Moskou (capital city of Russia) · da Moskva (capital city of Russia) · lmo Musca (capital city of Russia) · oc Moscòu (capital city of Russia) · stq Moskau (capital city of Russia) · ug موسكۋا (capital city of Russia) · pa ਮੌਸਕੋ (capital city of Russia) · hu Moszkva (capital city of Russia) · ckb مۆسکۆ (capital city of Russia) · mnc ᠮᠣᠰᠺᠣᠸᠠ (capital city of Russia) · ml മോസ്കോ (capital city of Russia) · gur Moskua (capital city of Russia) · myv Москва (capital city of Russia) · ja モスクワ (capital city of Russia) · na Moskova (capital city of Russia) · ki Moscow (capital city of Russia) · szl Moskwa (capital city of Russia) · hsb Moskwa (capital city of Russia) · bua Мушхаваа (capital city of Russia) · ro Москова (capital city of Russia) · fi Moskova (capital city of Russia) · io Moskva (capital city of Russia) · pt Moscou (capital city of Russia) · mt Moska (capital city of Russia) · tr Moskova (capital city of Russia) · csb Mòskwa (capital city of Russia) · ko 모스크바 (capital city of Russia) · id Moskow (capital city of Russia) · gl Moscova (capital city of Russia) · jam Masko (capital city of Russia) · kbp Mɔsɩkʊʊ (capital city of Russia) · cbk Moscow (capital city of Russia) · ia Moscova (capital city of Russia) · nb Moscow (hamlet in Scotland) · new मस्को (capital city of Russia) · kpv Мӧсква (capital city of Russia) · be Maskva (łacinka) (capital city of Russia) · awa मस्को (capital city of Russia) · kk Мәскеу (capital city of Russia) · vro Moskva (capital city of Russia) · wuu 莫斯科 (capital city of Russia) · lo ມົດສະກູ (capital city of Russia) · xal Моску (capital city of Russia) · ht Moskou (capital city of Russia) · kbd Мэзкуу (capital city of Russia) · acw موسكو (capital city of Russia) · egl Måssca (capital city of Russia) · mdf Москва (capital city of Russia) · yi מאָסקווע (capital city of Russia) · ta மாஸ்கோ (capital city of Russia) · az Moskva (capital city of Russia) · tg Маскав (capital city of Russia) · pa ਮਾਸਕੋ (capital city of Russia) · cdo 莫斯科 (capital city of Russia) · gu મૌસ્કો (capital city of Russia) · cmn 莫斯科窪 /莫斯科洼 (capital city of Russia) · pdc Moscow (capital city of Russia) · cv Мускав (capital city of Russia) · vec Mosca (capital city of Russia) · te మాస్కో (capital city of Russia) · vep Moskv (capital city of Russia) · kum Маскев (capital city of Russia) · ka მოსკოვი (capital city of Russia) · dz མོསི་ཀོ (capital city of Russia) · fur Mosche (capital city of Russia) · lbe Москав (capital city of Russia) · my မော်စကို (capital city of Russia) · sv Moskva (capital city of Russia) · nb Moskva (capital city of Russia) · yue 莫斯科 (capital city of Russia) · sq Moska (capital city of Russia) · orv Московь (capital city of Russia) · tet Moskovu (capital city of Russia) · be Масква́ (capital city of Russia) · lb Moskau (capital city of Russia) · tk Moskwa (capital city of Russia) · it Moscow (a name of a town in the USA) · kg Moskva (capital city of Russia) · to Mosekou (capital city of Russia) · kab Musku (capital city of Russia) · rup Moscova (capital city of Russia) · sc Mosca (capital city of Russia) · os Мӕскуы (capital city of Russia) · az Москва (capital city of Russia) · sw Misko (capital city of Russia) · tt Мәскәү (capital city of Russia) · nog Мескуьв (capital city of Russia) · sco Moscow (capital city of Russia) · sg Moscow (capital city of Russia) · ban Moskow (capital city of Russia) · din Moccow (capital city of Russia) · wa Moscou (capital city of Russia) · an Moscú (capital city of Russia) · kn ಮಾಸ್ಕೋ (capital city of Russia) · mr मॉस्को (capital city of Russia) · wo Mosku (capital city of Russia) · sah Москуоба (capital city of Russia) · udm Москва (capital city of Russia) · kpv Канкар (capital city of Russia) · sw Moscow (capital city of Russia) · pl Moskwa (capital city of Russia) · smn Moskova (capital city of Russia) · si මොස්කව් (capital city of Russia) · ota موسقووا (capital city of Russia) · ps موسکوا (capital city of Russia) · orv Москꙑ (capital city of Russia) · nah Moscuh (capital city of Russia) · ru Москва́ (capital city of Russia) · gur Moskovia (capital city of Russia) · hif Moscow (capital city of Russia) · sat ᱢᱚᱥᱠᱚ (capital city of Russia) · se Moskva (capital city of Russia) · aii ܡܘܣܟܘ (capital city of Russia) · th มอสโก (capital city of Russia) · ga Moscó (capital city of Russia) · ln Moskú (capital city of Russia) · mwl Moscobo (capital city of Russia) · ce Москох (capital city of Russia) · crh Moskova (capital city of Russia) · bho मास्को (capital city of Russia) · hy Մոսկվա (capital city of Russia) · hi मॉस्को (capital city of Russia) · af Moskou (capital city of Russia) · it Mosca (capital city of Russia) · cmn 莫斯科 (a name of a town in the USA) · he מוֹסְקְבָה (capital city of Russia) · olo Moskovu (capital city of Russia) · vi Mát-xcơ-va (capital city of Russia) · sh Moscow (a name of a town in the USA) · pt Moscovo (capital city of Russia) · mai मस्को (capital city of Russia) · frp Moscou (capital city of Russia) · bm Moscow (capital city of Russia) · ceb Moscow (capital city of Russia) · mn Москва (capital city of Russia) · ltg Moskova (capital city of Russia) · min Moskow (capital city of Russia) · ast Moscú (capital city of Russia) · cy Moscfa (capital city of Russia) · kaa Moskva (capital city of Russia) · uz Moskva (capital city of Russia) · pcd Moscou (capital city of Russia) · xmf მოსკოვი (capital city of Russia) · eo Moskvo (capital city of Russia) · mdf Моску (capital city of Russia) · lv Maskava (capital city of Russia) · nds-de Moskau (capital city of Russia) · scn Mosca (capital city of Russia) · ilo Moscow (capital city of Russia) · mr मॉस्को (a name of a town in the USA) · mzn موسکو (capital city of Russia) · ro Moscow (a name of a town in the USA) · st Moscow (capital city of Russia) · pap Mosku (capital city of Russia) · koi Мöсква (capital city of Russia) · ja モスコー (a name of a town in the USA) · sq Moskë (capital city of Russia) · ace Moskôw (capital city of Russia) · gcr Moskou (capital city of Russia) · sah Москва (capital city of Russia) · bo མོ་སི་ཁོ (capital city of Russia) · mn ᠮᠣᠰᠻᠸᠠ (capital city of Russia) · bua Москва (capital city of Russia) · sgs Maskva (capital city of Russia) · so Moskow (capital city of Russia) · cv Москва (capital city of Russia) · sk Moskva (capital city of Russia) · sa मास्कोनगरम् (capital city of Russia) · kw Moskva (capital city of Russia) · lez Москва (capital city of Russia) · ady Мэскэу (capital city of Russia) · fo Moskva (capital city of Russia) · kpv Москва (capital city of Russia) · fo Muskó (capital city of Russia) · bcl Mosku (capital city of Russia) · ab Москва (capital city of Russia) · km មូស្គូ (capital city of Russia) · arz موسكو (capital city of Russia) · cs Moskva (capital city of Russia) · fj Mosiko (capital city of Russia) · lij Mosca (capital city of Russia) · cmn 莫斯科州 (Moscow Oblast, surrounding the city of Moscow) · ce Москва (capital city of Russia) · or ମସ୍କୋ (capital city of Russia) · rmy Moscova (capital city of Russia) · es Moscú (capital city of Russia) · nn Moskva (capital city of Russia) · lad Mosku (capital city of Russia) · ss Moscow (capital city of Russia) · orv Москъвь (capital city of Russia) · bar Moskau (capital city of Russia) · ay Mosku (capital city of Russia) · izh Moskova (capital city of Russia) · kmr Mosko (capital city of Russia)

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