English Dictionary

Moscow

/ˈmɒskəʊ/

name

A federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia. / Moscow Oblast, an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow. / (metonymically, politics) The government of Russia or the Soviet Union.

Moscow is the capital of Russia.

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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 my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.

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Moscow Oblast, an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow.

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(metonymically, politics) The government of Russia or the Soviet Union.

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.

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An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama.

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An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Arkansas.

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A city, the county seat of Latah County, Idaho; probably named after the Russian city.

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An unincorporated community in Orange Township, Rush County, Indiana.

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An unincorporated community in Muscatine County, Iowa.

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A tiny city in Stevens County, Kansas; said to be named after Luis de Moscoso Alvarado, a Spanish explorer.

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An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Kentucky.

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A small town in Somerset County, Maine.

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An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland.

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An unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota.

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An unincorporated community in Kemper County, Mississippi.

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A village in Clermont County, Ohio; said to be named by French veterans of the Battle of Borodino (near Moscow, Russia).

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A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.

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A borough of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

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A small city in Fayette County, Tennessee; named after Mosgo, a Cherokee chief.

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An unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas.

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An unincorporated community in the town of Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont.

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An unincorporated community in Hancock County, West Virginia.

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A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin; named after the Mascouten tribe.

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A hamlet east of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4840).

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(MLE, slang) A nickname for Brandon Estate, a social housing estate in Southwark, Central London.