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Moscovy

Moscovy is the obsolete form of Muscovy.

Meaning of Muscovy

Proper noun

Muscovy

  1. The Russian territory around and ruled from Moscow by grand princes until it became the nucleus of a united Russia, which its dynasty ruled first as czars (kings) from Moscow, later as emperors from Saint Petersburg.
  2. (broadly, derogatory, usually) Russia.
    • The Russian Federation's war against Ukraine is now in its eighth year. Invaders from Muscovy have been attacking Ukrainians in their homeland every day for 2,563 days.2021, Michael MacKay, “4:45 PM · Feb 26, 2021”, in Twitter, Twitter

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Questions about Moscovy

What is Moscovy the obsolete form of?
Moscovy is the obsolete form of Muscovy.

Words near Moscovy in the dictionary

  1. Moscoso
  2. Moscosos
  3. Moscovian
  4. Moscovians
  5. moscovium
  6. Moscovy
  7. Moscow
  8. Moscow City
  9. Moscow International Business Center
  10. Moscow International Business Centre
  11. Moscow Mike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Moscovy (page history and authors); Muscovy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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