Moscow
pronunciation
How to pronounce Moscow in British English:
UK [ˈmɒskəʊ]
How to pronounce Moscow in American English:
US [ˈmɑˌskoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation
Word Origin
- Moscow
- Russian capital, named for Moskva River, of unknown origin. Moscow mule, vodka cocktail, attested from 1950.
Example
- 1. Mr luzhkov has been mayor of moscow since 1992 .
- 2. Moscow said it wasn 't interested .
- 3. Moscow 's influence runs deep indeed .
- 4. On the way back to moscow .
- 5. But moscow is looking increasingly isolated .