Moscow
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Moscow¹
- /ˈmɒskəʊ/ UK
- /ˈmɑskæʊ/ US
- /ˈmɑskoʊ/ US
- /ˈmaskæʊ/ US
- /ˈmaskoʊ/ US
- /ˈmɔskɐʉ/ New Zealand
- /ˈmɔsko/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɒskəʊ
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun
- A federal city, a federal subject, the capital and largest city of Russia. 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
- An oblast and federal subject of Russia surrounding the city, which itself is not part of the oblast; in full, Moscow Oblast.
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The government of Russia or the Soviet Union.
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 Bols
Similar: Kremlin
- A city, the county seat of Latah County, Idaho; probably named after the Russian city.
- A borough of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
- A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin; named after the Mascouten tribe.
- A small city in Fayette County, Tennessee; named after Mosgo, a Cherokee chief.
- A small town in Somerset County, Maine.
- A tiny city in Stevens County, Kansas; said to be named after Luis de Moscoso Alvarado, a Spanish explorer.
- A village in Clermont County, Ohio; said to be named by French veterans of Napoleon's siege of Moscow.
- A census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland.
- An unincorporated community in Lamar County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Rush County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Muscatine County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Kemper County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont.
- An unincorporated community in Hancock County, West Virginia.
- A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.
- 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).
- A village in Kottayam district, Kerala, India; named due to Soviet influence in Kerala during the Cold War.
- 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.
MoSCoW²
proper noun
- Acronym of must have, should have, could have, won't have (“a group of categories for prioritization of requirements”).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: russian capital, petrograd, leningrad, vladivostok, kiev, smolensk, kursk, minsk, tartu, tashkent, chechnya, baku, nicosia, manama, frankfurt, pyongyang
Translations
Every language
name capital city of Russia
| Español | Moscú |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 모스크바 Moseukeuba |
| 日本語 | モスクワ Mosukuwa |
| 中文 | 莫斯科 Mòsīkē, 莫斯科窪 /莫斯科洼 Mòsīkēwā |
| हिन्दी | मास्को māsko, मॉस्को mŏsko |
| Kiswahili | Misko, Moscow |
| Português | Moscou, Moscovo |
| Français | Moscou |
| Deutsch | Moskau |
| Italiano | Mosca |
| Ελληνικά | Μόσχα Móscha |
| Română | Moscova |
| Русский | Москва́ Moskvá |
| Tiếng Việt | Mát-xcơ-va, Mạc Tư Khoa |
| العربية | مُوسْكُو mūskū, مُوسْكُو moskū, مُوسْكُو moskō |
| עברית | מוֹסְקְבָה moskvá |
name a name of a town in the USA
| 日本語 | モスコー Mosukō |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 莫斯科 Mòsīkē |
| Italiano | Moscow |
| Ελληνικά | Μόσκοου Móskoou |
| Română | Moscow |
| Русский | Мо́скоу Móskou |
name Moscow Oblast, surrounding the city of Moscow
| 中文 | 莫斯科州 Mòsike Zhōu |
|---|---|
| Русский | Моско́вская о́бласть Moskóvskaja óblastʹ |
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title = {Moscow},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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