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Moscow

mos·cow

UK/ˈmɒskəʊ/ US/ˈmɑskæʊ/ common slang

noun

1.

a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation

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Origin

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

  • City of Moscow
  • Duchy of Moscow
  • Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Moscow City
  • Moscow International Business Center
  • Moscow International Business Centre
  • Moscow Mike
  • Moscow Mitch

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