Moscow

/ˈmɒskəʊ//ˈmɑskæʊ/

Moscow proper noun: a federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.

Proper noun (1)

Moscow

A federal city, 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...1917, Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett, The Darling and Other Stories, Project Gutenberg, published 9 September 2004, →ISBN, page 71
- I was inclined to accept Yeltsin's invitation to go to Russia, but Tony Lake said Moscow shouldn't be my first foreign stop, and the rest of my team said it would divert attention from our domestic agenda.2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 49
An oblast of Russia surrounding the city, which itself is not part of the oblast; in full, Moscow Oblast.
(metonymically) 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...1927 May, Quincy Wright, “Bolshevist Influences in China”, in Current History, volume XXVI, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 302, column 2
- I could not agree with the tactics or approach of those who, like Chiang Kai-shek in a speech on July 3, 1950, wanted the U.N. to charge the Russians with the full responsibility for this Korean conflict and to demand that Moscow put an end to it. This kind of bluster is certain to lead into an...1956, Harry S. Truman, Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: Years of Trial And Hope, volume II, Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, pages 345–346
Synonyms:

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.

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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.
(Multicultural-London-English, slang) 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.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: MoSCoW

MoSCoW

(abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of must have, should have, could have, won't have (“a group of categories for prioritization of requirements”).

Moscow meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Moscow in Hindi

capital city of Russia: मास्को māsko, मॉस्को mŏsko

Moscow in Tamil

capital city of Russia: மாஸ்கோ māskō

Moscow in Marathi

capital city of Russia: मॉस्को mŏsko
a name of a town in the USA: मॉस्को mŏsko
Moscow Oblast, surrounding the city of Moscow: मॉस्को mŏsko
hamlet in Scotland: मॉस्को mŏsko

Moscow in Urdu

capital city of Russia: ماسْکو māsko

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Moscow in Bengali: মস্কো moskō
Moscow in Telugu: మాస్కో māskō
Moscow in Malayalam: മോസ്കോ mōskō
Moscow in Kannada: ಮಾಸ್ಕೋ māskō
Moscow in Punjabi: ਮੌਸਕੋ mausko, ਮਾਸਕੋ māsko
Moscow in Gujarati: મૌસ્કો mausko
Moscow in Odia: ମସ୍କୋ masko
Moscow in Sanskrit: मास्कोनगरम् māskonagaram
Moscow in Sinhala: මොස්කව් moskaw
Moscow in Nepali: मास्को māsko, मस्को masko
Moscow in Pashto: مسکو maskō, موسکوا mōskwā
Moscow in Tagalog: Mosku
Moscow in Arabic: مُوسْكُو mūskū
Moscow in Malay: Mosko
Moscow in Indonesian: Moskwa, Moskow
Moscow in Persian: مُسْکو mosko
Moscow in Thai: มอสโก mɔ́ɔs-goo
Moscow in Vietnamese: Mát-xcơ-va, Mạc Tư Khoa
Moscow in Myanmar: မော်စကို mauca.kui
Sindhi: ماسڪو māsko
Dhivehi: މޮސްކޯ moskō
Kashmiri: ماسکو māskv
Dzongkha: མོསི་ཀོ mosi ko

Examples of Moscow in a sentence

Everyone in Moscow uses the English term “face control,” though the phrase is often transliterated in print as “feis kontrol.”2009 September 25, Joshua Yaffa, “Barbarians at the Gate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2012:
An IAF representative told an Indian parliamentary committee that due to the Ukraine war a “major delivery” from Moscow “is not going to take place.”2023 March 24, Rhea Mogul, “Russia can’t meet India arms deliveries due to Ukraine war, Indian Air Force says”, in CNN, archived from the...
Moscow doubtless wants to make trouble for the Western Powers so far as she can without losing their recognition or encouraging actual hostility.1927 May, Quincy Wright, “Bolshevist Influences in China”, in Current History, volume XXVI, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 302, column 2:
Of course, he did not mention the Soviet Union's attack on Finland, the obliteration of the Baltic states, or the "colonization" of Eastern Europe by Moscow after World War II.1971, Lyndon Johnson, “Thawing the Cold War”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 464–465:

Synonyms of Moscow

Kremlin

Origin of Moscow

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.

Phrases with Moscow

Words that rhyme with Moscow

roscoe
ROSCO

Questions about Moscow

What does Moscow mean?: Moscow means a federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.
What is Moscow in Hindi?: Moscow in Hindi is मास्को (māsko), मॉस्को (mŏsko). See Moscow meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Moscow in a sentence?: Everyone in Moscow uses the English term “face control,” though the phrase is often transliterated in print as “feis kontrol.”
What part of speech is Moscow?: Moscow is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Moscow?: Moscow is pronounced /ˈmɒskəʊ/ (UK).

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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