# Moskva
## English
### Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Москва́ (Moskvá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məsˈkvɑː/, /ˈmɒs.kvə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː

### Proper noun

Moskva
* A river in Russia, a tributary of the Oka.
** 1991, Klaus Meine (lyrics and music), “Wind of Change”, in Crazy World, performed by Scorpions:Follow the Moskva Down to Gorky Park Listening to the wind of change.
* Alternative form of Moscow, the federal city, the capital of Russia.
* Alternative form of Moscow, an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Samkov

## Azerbaijani
### Proper noun

Moskva
* Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)
* Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)

#### Declension
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmoskva]

### Proper noun

Moskva f (relational adjective moskevský, demonym Moskvan)
* Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Moskva”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Moskva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Moskva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Danish
### Proper noun

Moskva
* Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)
* Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Russian Москва (Moskva).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoskvɑ/

### Proper noun

Moskva
* Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)
* Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Moskva ?
* Moscow (the capital of Russia)

## Icelandic
### Proper noun

Moskva f (proper noun, genitive singular Moskvu)
* Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

#### Declension
## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈmosːkva/

### Proper noun

Moskva
* Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)
* Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Москва́ (Moskvá, “Moscow”), from Old East Slavic Москꙑ (Mosky, “Moscow”), originally referring to the river, probably from Proto-Slavic *mosky.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔskʋa/, /mɔskˈʋa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔskʋa
* Hyphenation: Mosk‧va

### Proper noun

Moskva
* Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)
    Befolkningen i Moskva øker årlig.
       The population of Moscow is increasing annually.
* Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)

#### Derived terms

* moscovium
* moskovitt
* moskovittisk
* moskvakommunist
* muskovitt

### References

* “Moskva” in Store norske leksikon
* “Moskva (fylke)” in Store norske leksikon

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Moskva
* Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)
* Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)

#### Related terms

* moskovitt

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /môskʋa/
* Hyphenation: Mos‧kva

### Proper noun

Mȍskva f (Cyrillic spelling Мо̏сква)
* Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Москва́ (Moskvá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔskva/
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### Proper noun

Moskva f (genitive singular Moskvy, declension pattern of žena)
* Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Moskva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /móːskʋa/

### Proper noun

Mọ̑skva f
* Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

#### Related terms

* Móskovčan / Móskovčanka
* móskovski

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mʊˈskvɑː/
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### Proper noun

Moskva n (genitive Moskvas)
* Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)