Moscow-on-Thames en · PROPN
Etymology
An allusion to various English towns called (name)-on-Thames and Moscow.
Meanings
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(derogatory, humorous) The city of London, seen as a haven for Russian exiles and oligarchs.
Over the past 20 years so called Moscow-on-Thames has become home to an estimated 150,000 Russians.
2014 April 6, Viv Groskop, “How the Ukraine crisis is affecting Russians in Moscow-on-Thames”, in The Guardian: