Moscow

Meaning

Proper Noun

• federal city, capital Russia (country).
• Moscow Oblast, oblast Russia (country) surrounding the city of Moscow.
• The government of Russia or the Soviet Union.
• large number of places USA (country):
• hamlet east of town, Kilmarnock East Ayrshire (council area) Scotland (constituent country) .
• A nickname for Brandon Estate, a social housing estate in Southwark, Central London.

Origin

• Ultimately from Old East Slavic Москва, originally referring to the Moskva River, probably from Proto-Slavic *mosky of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Czech moskva ("raw bread"), Slovak mozga ("puddle"), Polish Mozgawa, and more distantly Lithuanian mazgóti ("to wash, rinse"), Sanskrit मज्जति ("to sink"), Latin mergō ("to dive"). The American placenames derive from the Russian city or from other sources; see the definitions below.