Moscow

MoSCoW English Etymology Ultimately from en orv Москва Москов-, originally referring to the Moskva River, probably from en sla-pro *mosky (“swamp, dampness, moisture”). Perhaps related to cs moskva raw bread, sk mozga puddle, pl Mozgawa, and more distantly lv mazgāt to wash, rinse, sa मज्जति májjati to sink, la mergō to dive,Москва all from en ine-pro *mesg- to plunge, dip. Cognate with ru промозглый dank. en Moskva. Pronunciation mŏsʹkō RP en /ˈmɒskəʊ/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Moscow.wav Southern England mäsʹkou mäsʹkō US, en /ˈmɑskæʊ/ /ˈmɑskoʊ/ /ˈmaskæʊ/ /ˈmaskoʊ/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Zazollo-Moscow.wav United States mŏsʹkō NZ en /ˈmɔskɐʉ/ en /ˈmɔsko/ Scotland en ɒskəʊ 2 Proper noun en Q649en federal city/federal subject/caplc c/Russia. en Moskva en 1917 9 September 2004 71 The Darling and Other Stories Anton Chekhov Constance Garnett w:Project Gutenberg https://archive.org/stream/thedarlingandoth13416gut/13416.txt 3734019680 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 landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them. en 2005 w:Bill Clinton My Life (Clinton autobiography) My Life https://archive.org/details/mylifepresidenti00clin/ II New York w:Vintage Books 1-4000-9673-1 60594427 8364562M 49 https://archive.org/details/mylifepresidenti00clin/page/n58/ 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. en Joshua Yaffa Barbarians at the Gate w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/style/tmagazine/27moscoww.html 2009-09-25 Everyone in Moscow uses the English term “face control,” though the phrase is often transliterated in print as “feis kontrol.” https://web.archive.org/web/20120203100707/http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/style/tmagazine/27moscoww.html?pagewanted=all en Rhea Mogul Russia can’t meet India arms deliveries due to Ukraine war, Indian Air Force says w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/india/india-russia-arms-delivery-ukraine-war-intl-hnk 2023-03-24 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.” https://web.archive.org/web/20240615114942/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/india/india-russia-arms-delivery-ukraine-war-intl-hnk/ en Q1697en oblast/and/federal subject c/Russia *surrounding the city, which itself is not part of the oblast Moscow Oblast. en Moskva en metonymy politics The government of Russia or the Soviet Union. en Kremlin en 1927 May w:Quincy Wright Bolshevist Influences in China https://archive.org/details/sim_current-history-forum_1927-05_26_2/ Current History XXVI 2 0011-3530 875826836 302 https://archive.org/details/sim_current-history-forum_1927-05_26_2/page/302/ 2 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 Bolshevize China, though she wants China fully independent of Western imperialism and friendly to her. en 1956 w:Harry S. Truman Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: Years of Trial And Hope https://archive.org/details/memoirsbyharryst012833mbp/ II w:Doubleday & Company 1036705143 345–346 https://archive.org/details/memoirsbyharryst012833mbp/page/345/ 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 impossible dilemma. If these suggestions had been followed and the Soviets had ignored the order, as in all likelihood they would have done, either the United Nations would have stood convicted of weakness or World War III would have been on. en 1971 w:Lyndon Johnson Thawing the Cold War w:The Vantage Point https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/ w:Holt, Reinhart & Winston 0-03-084492-4 74-102146 1067880747 464–465 https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/page/465/ The translation of Khrushchev's letter reached me later that day, and I read it with care and with growing disappointment. It seemed designed for propaganda purposes rather than serious diplomacy. Khrushchev roundly denounced "colonizers" and "imperialism" as the major causes of past wars. 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. en 1987 Shelomoh Naḳdimon First strike: the exclusive story of how Israel foiled Iraq's attempt to get the bomb http://books.google.com/books?id=8IhtAAAAMAAJ 40 Moscow said "Nyet!" en 1997 Mervin Block Writing Broadcast News: Shorter, Sharper, Stronger http://books.google.com/books?id=MOykn3dMaJIC&pg=PA154 1-56625-084-6 154 Yet, a few US newscasters will go on the air at 6 pm or later and say, "Moscow said tonight.["] ... A careful writer would make his script read, "Moscow said today. ..." en 2009 Svante E. Cornell; S. Frederick Star The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia http://books.google.com/books?id=J4ta_TjGYBAC&pg=PA184 978-0-7656-2507-6 184 In addition, Moscow argued that Georgia had violated international law by introducing its forces into South Ossetia, a move Moscow said Tbilisi had committed itself not to do under the earlier CIS-sponsored peacekeeping arrangements. en Finland approves controversial law to turn away migrants at Russian border w:Euronews https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/07/12/finland-approves-controversial-law-to-turn-away-migrants-at-russian-border 2024-07-12 Their government says Moscow is funneling undocumented migrants to the border between the two countries to orchestrate an influx of immigration. https://web.archive.org/web/20260707200151/https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/07/12/finland-approves-controversial-law-to-turn-away-migrants-at-russian-border 7 July 2026 en large number of places c/USA: en city/county seat co/Latah County s/Idaho ; probably named after the Russian city. en borough co/Lackawanna County s/Pennsylvania. en small town co/Iowa County s/Wisconsin ; named after the Mascouten tribe. en small city co/Fayette County s/Tennessee ; named after Mosgo, a Cherokee chief. en small town co/Somerset County s/Maine. en tiny city co/Stevens County s/Kansas ; said to be named after Luis de Moscoso Alvarado, a Spanish explorer.en eponyms en village co/Clermont County s/Ohio ; said to be named by French veterans of Napoleon's Battle of Borodino siege of Moscow. en CDP co/Allegany County s/Maryland. en unincorporated community co/Lamar County s/Alabama. en unincorporated community co/Marengo County s/Alabama. en unincorporated community co/Jefferson County s/Arkansas. en unincorporated community co/Rush County s/Indiana. en unincorporated community co/Muscatine County s/Iowa. en unincorporated community co/Hickman County s/Kentucky. en unincorporated community co/Hillsdale County s/Michigan. en unincorporated community co/Freeborn County s/Minnesota. en unincorporated community co/Kemper County s/Mississippi. en unincorporated community co/Polk County s/Texas. en unincorporated community town:pref/Stowe co/Lamoille County s/Vermont. en unincorporated community co/Hancock County s/West Virginia. en ghost town co/Licking County s/Ohio. en hamlet carea/East Ayrshire cc/Scotland ; probably named or re-named in 1812 for Napoleon's retreat from Moscow OS grid ref NS4840. en village dist/Kottayam district s/Kerala c/India ; named due to Soviet influence in Kerala during the Cold War. en MLE slang A nickname for en Brandon Estate, a social housing estate in Southwark, Central London the; named because of gun violence and the use of Russian-made contraband firearms. Derived terms en City of Moscow City-of-Moscow Duchy of Moscow Grand Duchy of Moscow MIBC moscovium Moscow City Moscow International Business Center Moscow International Business Centre Moscow Mike Moscow Mitch Moscow mule Moscow Oblast Moscow Rus Moscow Time Moscow Watchdog Moscow-City Moscow-on-Thames Moscowesque Principality of Moscow Sea of Moscow Tsardom of Moscow Related terms en Moskva Muscovite moscovium Muscovy Muscovian Descendants ja モスコー 1 Translations capital city of Russia Abkhaz: ab Москва Acehnese: ace Moskôw Afrikaans: af Moskou Albanian: definite sq Moska, indefinite sq Moskë Altai: Southern Altai: alt Москва Amharic: am ሞስኩ, am ሞስኮ Arabic: ar مُوسْكُو f, ar مُوسْكُو f moskū, ar مُوسْكُو f moskō Egyptian Arabic: arz موسكو Hijazi Arabic: acw موسكو f mōsku Moroccan Arabic: ary موسكو Aragonese: an Moscú Aramaic: arc ܡܘܣܩܒܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܘܣܟܘ mōskō Armenian: hy Մոսկվա, hy Մոսկուա Aromanian: rup Moscova Asturian: ast Moscú Avar: av Москва Awadhi: awa मस्को Aymara: ay Mosku Azerbaijani: az Moskva Arabic: az موسکوا Cyrillic: az Москва Balinese: ban Moskow Bambara: bm Moscow Bashkir: ba Мәскәү Basque: eu Mosku Belarusian: be Масква́ f Latin: be Maskva f łacinka Bengali: bn মস্কো, bn মস্কো Bhojpuri: bho मास्को Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl Mosku Bislama: bi Moskow Breton: br Moskov Bulgarian: bg Москва́ f Burmese: my မော်စကို Buryat: bua Мушхаваа, bua Москва Carpathian Rusyn: rue Москва́ f Catalan: ca Moscou f Cebuano: ceb Moscow Chamorro: ch Moscow Chavacano: cbk Moscow Chechen: ce Москох, ce Москва Chichewa: ny Moscow Chinese: Cantonese: yue 莫斯科 Dungan: dng Москва Eastern Min: cdo 莫斯科 Hakka: hak 莫斯科 Mo̍k-sṳ̂-khô Sixian Hokkien: nan-hbl 莫斯科 Bo̍k-su-kho / Bo̍k-sir-kher Mandarin: cmn 莫斯科; cmn 莫斯科窪 historically Wu: wuu 莫斯科 Chuvash: cv Мускав, cv Москва Circassian: East Circassian: kbd Мэзкуу West Circassian: ady Мэскэу Cornish: kw Moskva Corsican: co Mosca Crimean Tatar: crh Moskva, crh Moskova Czech: cs Moskva f Danish: da Moskva n Dhivehi: dv މޮސްކޯ Dinka: din Moccow Doteli: dty मस्को Dutch: nl Moskou n Dzongkha: dz མོསི་ཀོ Emilian: egl Måssca Erzya: myv Москов, myv Москва Esperanto: eo Moskvo Estonian: et Moskva Extremaduran: ext Moscú Farefare: gur Moskovia, gur Moskua Faroese: fo Moskva, fo Muskó dated Fijian: fj Mosiko Fiji Hindi: hif Moscow Finnish: fi Moskova Franco-Provençal: frp Moscou French: fr Moscou f Frisian: North Frisian: frr Moskau Saterland Frisian: stq Moskau West Frisian: fy Moskou n Friulian: fur Mosche Gagauz: gag Moskva Galician: gl Moscova f Georgian: ka მოსკოვი German: de Moskau n Bavarian: bar Moskau Gilaki: glk مؤسکؤ Greek: el Μόσχα f Pontic Greek: pnt Μόσχα Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Mosuku Guianese Creole: gcr Moskou Gujarati: gu મૌસ્કો Gun: guw Moscow Haitian Creole: ht Moskou Hausa: ha Moscow Hawaiian: haw Mokekao Hebrew: he מוֹסְקְבָה f moskvá Hindi: hi मास्को m, hi मॉस्को m Hungarian: hu Moszkva Icelandic: is Moskva f Ido: io Moskva Ilocano: ilo Moscow Indonesian: id Moskwa, id Moskow Ingrian: izh Moskova Ingush: inh Москва Interlingua: ia Moscova Inuktitut: iu ᒨᔅᑯ Irish: ga Moscó m Italian: it Mosca f Jamaican Creole: jam Masko Japanese: ja モスクワ Mosukuwa Javanese: jv Moskou Kabiye: kbp Mɔsɩkʊʊ Kabyle: kab Musku Kalmyk: xal Моску Kannada: kn ಮಾಸ್ಕೋ Karachay-Balkar: krc Москва, krc Маскау Karakalpak: kaa Moskva Karelian: krl Moskva Kashmiri: ks ماسکو Kashubian: csb Mòskwa f Kazakh: kk Мәскеу Khmer: km មូស្គូ Kikuyu: ki Moscow Komi: Komi-Permyak: koi Мöсква Komi-Zyrian: kpv Канкар, kpv Мӧсква, kpv Москва Kongo: kg Moskva Korean: ko ^모스크바 Kumyk: kum Маскев Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb مۆسکۆ Northern Kurdish: kmr Mosko Kyrgyz: ky Москва, ky Маскөө Ladino: lad Mosku Lak: lbe Москав Lao: lo ມົດສະກູ Latgalian: ltg Moskova Latin: la Moscovia f, la Moscua f, la Moscha f Latvian: lv Maskava f Lezgi: lez Москва Ligurian: lij Mosca Limburgish: li Moskou n Lingala: ln Moskú Lithuanian: lt Maskva f Livvi: olo Moskovu Lombard: lmo Musca Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Moskou German Low German: nds-de Moskau Luganda: lg Moosko Luxembourgish: lb Moskau Macedonian: mk Мо́сква f Maithili: mai मस्को Malagasy: mg Môsikao Malay: ms Mosko Malayalam: ml മോസ്കോ Maltese: mt Moska Manchu: mnc ᠮᠣᠰᠺᠣᠸᠠ Manx: gv Moscow Māori: mi Mohikau Marathi: mr मॉस्को Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Моско Western Mari: mrj Москва Mazanderani: mzn موسکو Minangkabau: min Moskow Mingrelian: xmf მოსკოვი Mirandese: mwl Moscobo Moksha: mdf Моску, mdf Москва Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Москва Mongolian script: mn ᠮᠣᠰᠻᠸᠠ Nahuatl: nah Moscuh Nauruan: na Moskova Neapolitan: nap Mosca Nepali: ne मास्को, ne मस्को Newar: new मस्को Nogai: nog Мескуьв Northern Sotho: nso Moscow Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Moskva n Nynorsk: nn Moskva n Occitan: oc Moscòu Odia: or ମସ୍କୋ Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Москꙑ f, cu Москъва f modern Church Slavonic Old East Slavic: orv Москꙑ f, orv Москъвь f, orv Московь f Oromo: om Mooskoo Ossetian: os Мӕскуы Papiamentu: pap Mosku Pashto: ps مسکو maskō, ps موسکوا mōskwā Pennsylvania German: pdc Moscow Persian: fa مُسْکو mosko Picard: pcd Moscou Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Moskou Polish: pl Moskwa f Portuguese: pt Moscou Brazil, pt Moscovo Portugal Punjabi: pa ਮੌਸਕੋ, pa ਮਾਸਕੋ Western Punjabi: pnb ماسکو Quechua: qu Moskwa Romagnol: rgn Måssca Romani: Vlax Romani: rmy Moscova Romanian: ro Moscova f Cyrillic: ro Москова f Romansh: rm Moscau Russian: ru Москва́ f Rwanda-Rundi: rw Moscou Sami: Inari Sami: smn Moskova Northern Sami: se Moskva Samoan: sm Moscow Samogitian: sgs Maskva Sango: sg Moscow Sanskrit: sa मास्कोनगरम् Santali: sat ᱢᱚᱥᱠᱚ Sardinian: sc Mosca Scots: sco Moscow Scottish Gaelic: gd Mosgo Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Мо̏сква f Latin: sh Mȍskva f Shona: sn Moscow Sicilian: scn Mosca f Silesian: szl Moskwa f Sindhi: sd ماسڪو Sinhalese: si මොස්කව් Slovak: sk Moskva f Slovene: sl Móskva f Somali: so Moskow Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Moskwa f Upper Sorbian: hsb Moskwa f Sotho: st Moscow Spanish: es Moscú m Sundanese: su Moskwa Swahili: sw Misko, sw Moscow Swazi: ss Moscow Swedish: sv Moskva n Tagalog: tl Mosku Tahitian: ty Moscou Tajik: tg Маскав, tg Москва Tamil: ta மாஸ்கோ Tatar: tt Мәскәү Telugu: te మాస్కో Tetum: tet Moskovu Thai: th มอสโก Tibetan: bo མོ་སི་ཁོ, bo མོ་སི་ཁའོ Tok Pisin: tpi Mosko Tongan: to Mosekou Tumbuka: tum Moscow Turkish: tr Moskova Ottoman Turkish: ota موسقووا moskova Turkmen: tk Moskwa Cyrillic: tk Москва f Tuvan: tyv Москва Udmurt: udm Муско, udm Москва Ukrainian: uk Москва́ f Urdu: ur ماسْکو m Uyghur: ug موسكۋا Uzbek: uz Moskva Cyrillic: uz Москва f Venetan: vec Mosca Veps: vep Moskv Vietnamese: vi Mát-xcơ-va, vi Mạc Tư Khoa (vi 莫斯科) traditional Volapük: vo Moskva Võro: vro Moskva Walloon: wa Moscou Waray-Waray: war Moscow Welsh: cy Moscfa f West Flemish: vls Moskou Wolof: wo Mosku Xhosa: xh Moscou Yakut: sah Москва, sah Москуоба Yiddish: yi מאָסקווע Zazaki: zza Moskowa Zealandic: zea Moskou Zhuang: za Moscow Zulu: zu IMoskwa Moscow Oblast, surrounding the city of Moscow Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 莫斯科州 Mòsike Zhōu Kazakh: kk Мәскеу облысы Marathi: mr मॉस्को Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Moskva Russian: ru Моско́вская о́бласть f Ukrainian: uk Моско́вська о́бласть f a name of a town in the USA Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 莫斯科 Greek: el Μόσκοου m Italian: it Moscow Japanese: ja モスコー Mosukō Marathi: mr मॉस्को Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Moscow Romanian: ro Moscow Russian: ru Мо́скоу m Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh Moscow m hamlet in Scotland Marathi: mr मॉस्को Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Moscow References Further reading Moscow, East Ayrshire en exonyms en Nicknames Russian politics