Moskva en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɒs.kvə/
- /məsˈkvɑː/
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Etymology
Transliteration of Russian Москва́ (Moskvá). Doublet of Moscow.
Meanings
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(with the) A river in Russia, a tributary of the Oka.
The Great, Little and White Russians still occupy their original sites about the Moskva, the Dnieper and the Pripet, respectively numbering some 56,000,000, 22,000,000, and 6,000,000, the Great Russians predominating and mingling with the other races all over Europasia.
1928, “an English Europasian”, “The Races”, in Russia in Resurrection: A Summary of the Views and of the Aims of a New Party in Russia, London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., page 18:Follow the Moskva Down to Gorky Park Listening to the wind of change.
1991, Klaus Meine, “Wind of Change”, in Crazy World, performed by Scorpions:
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Moscow: a federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.
alt of Moscow
And I didn't come all the way from Moskva just for the government.
2013, Charles Lee Jackson II, The Emperor’s Gambit (The Emperor’s Secret Files), →ISBN:
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Moscow: an oblast of Russia surrounding the city, which itself is not part of the oblast; in full, Moscow Oblast.
alt of Moscow
Translations (5)
hu Moszkva (river in Russia) · pt Moscovo (river in Russia) · cmn 莫斯科河 (river in Russia) · izh Moskova (river in Russia) · ru Москва́ (river in Russia)