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Moskva

  • /məsˈkvɑː/
  • /ˈmɒs.kvə/

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Transliteration of Russian Москва́ (Moskvá). Doublet of Moscow.

proper noun

  1. 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.
  2. alternative Alternative form of Moscow: a federal city, a federal subject, the capital and largest city of Russia. And I didn't come all the way from Moskva just for the government.
  3. alternative Alternative form of Moscow: 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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name river in Russia

中文莫斯科河 Mòsīkē Hé
PortuguêsMoscovo
РусскийМосква́ Moskvá

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@misc{moskva_2026,
  title = {Moskva},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/moskva},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}