Moskva

//məsˈkvɑː// name

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  1. 1
    A river in Russia, a tributary of the Oka.

    "The Great, Little and White Russians still occupy their original sites about the Moskva, the Dnieper and the Pripet, respectively numbering some 56,000,000, 22,000,000, and 6,000,000, the Great Russians predominating and mingling with the other races all over Europasia."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Moscow: a federal city, the capital of Russia. alt-of, alternative

    "And I didn't come all the way from Moskva just for the government."

  3. 3
    Alternative form of Moscow: an oblast of Russia surrounding but not including the city of Moscow. alt-of, alternative

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"The Great, Little and White Russians still occupy their original sites about the Moskva, the Dnieper and the Pripet, respectively numbering some 56,000,000, 22,000,000, and 6,000,000, the Great Russians predominating and mingling with the other races all over Europasia."

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Москва́ (Moskvá). Doublet of Moscow.

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