English

Proper noun

Moscow

1. The capital city of Russia.
2. (by extension) The government of Russia or the Soviet Union.
   • 1987, Shelomoh Naḳdimon, First strike: the exclusive story of how Israel foiled Iraq's attempt to get the bomb, page 40:

     Moscow said "Nyet!"

   • 1997, Mervin Block, Writing Broadcast News: Shorter, Sharper, Stronger, ISBN 1-56625-084-6, page 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. ..."

   • 2009, Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Star, The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia, ISBN 978-0-7656-2507-6, page 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.

3. A city in Idaho, USA
4. A town name in Iowa, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylvania, etc. in the USA

Derived terms

• Moscow Centre, Moscow Center
• Moscow Mule
• Moscow Time

Translations

Related terms

• Moskva, Muscovite, Muscovy, Muscovian