English Explanatory Dictionary

Moscow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.
  2. An oblast of Russia surrounding the city, which itself is not part of the oblast; in full, Moscow Oblast.
  3. The government of Russia or the Soviet Union.
  4. A large number of places in the United States:
  5. A city, the county seat of Latah County, Idaho; probably named after the Russian city.
  6. A borough of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
  7. A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin; named after the Mascouten tribe.
  8. A small city in Fayette County, Tennessee; named after Mosgo, a Cherokee chief.
  9. A small town in Somerset County, Maine.
  10. A tiny city in Stevens County, Kansas; said to be named after Luis de Moscoso Alvarado, a Spanish explorer.
  11. A village in Clermont County, Ohio; said to be named by French veterans of Napoleon's siege of Moscow.
  12. A census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland.
name
  1. Acronym of must have, should have, could have, won't have (“a group of categories for prioritization of requirements”).

Pronunciation

mŏsʹkō /ˈmɒskəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Moscow.wav mäsʹkou mäsʹkō /ˈmɑskæʊ/ /ˈmɑskoʊ/ /ˈmaskæʊ/ /ˈmaskoʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Zazollo-Moscow.wav /ˈmɔskɐʉ/ /ˈmɔsko/

Word forms

Moscow

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.

Synonyms

Kremlin

Related words

moscovium Moskva Muscovian Muscovite Muscovy

Derived words

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

Translations

Abkhaz: Москва Acehnese: Moskôw Afrikaans: Moskou Albanian: Moska Albanian: Moskë Southern Altai: Москва Amharic: ሞስኩ Amharic: ሞስኮ Arabic: مُوسْكُو Arabic: موسكو Aragonese: Moscú Aramaic: ܡܘܣܩܒܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܘܣܟܘ Armenian: Մոսկվա Armenian: Մոսկուա Aromanian: Moscova Asturian: Moscú Avar: Москва Awadhi: मस्को Aymara: Mosku Azerbaijani: Moskva Azerbaijani: موسکوا Azerbaijani: Москва Balinese: Moskow Bambara: Moscow Bashkir: Мәскәү Basque: Mosku Belarusian: Масква́ Belarusian: Maskva (łacinka) Bengali: মস্কো Bhojpuri: मास्को Central Bikol: Mosku Bislama: Moskow Breton: Moskov Bulgarian: Москва́ Burmese: မော်စကို Buryat: Мушхаваа Buryat: Москва Carpathian Rusyn: Москва́ Catalan: Moscou Cebuano: Moscow Chamorro: Moscow Chavacano: Moscow Chechen: Москох Chechen: Москва Chichewa: Moscow Chinese Cantonese: 莫斯科 Chinese: Москва Chinese: 莫斯科 Eastern Min Chinese: 莫斯科
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