Word: Moscow Part of Speech: name Etymology: 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. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒskəʊ/, /ˈmɑskæʊ/, /ˈmɑskoʊ/, /ˈmaskæʊ/, /ˈmaskoʊ/ 1. A federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia. Example: 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. Example: 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. 2. An oblast of Russia surrounding the city, which itself is not part of the oblast; in full, Moscow Oblast. 3. The government of Russia or the Soviet Union. Labels: metonymically Example: 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. Example: 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. 4. A large number of places in the United States: 5. A large number of places in the United States: 6. A large number of places in the United States: 7. A large number of places in the United States: 8. A large number of places in the United States: 9. A large number of places in the United States: 10. A large number of places in the United States: 11. A large number of places in the United States: 12. A large number of places in the United States: 13. A large number of places in the United States: 14. A large number of places in the United States: 15. A large number of places in the United States: 16. A large number of places in the United States: 17. A large number of places in the United States: 18. A large number of places in the United States: 19. A large number of places in the United States: 20. A large number of places in the United States: 21. A large number of places in the United States: 22. A large number of places in the United States: 23. A large number of places in the United States: 24. A large number of places in the United States: 25. A hamlet in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland; probably named or re-named in 1812 for Napoleon's retreat from Moscow (OS grid ref NS4840). 26. A village in Kottayam district, Kerala, India; named due to Soviet influence in Kerala during the Cold War. 27. A nickname for the Brandon Estate, a social housing estate in Southwark, Central London; named because of gun violence and the use of Russian-made contraband firearms. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang