moscow

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: moskow, mosco, moscot

Antonyms: moskow, mosco, moscot

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Proper noun

1. {{sid|en|Q649}}{{place|en|federal city/federal subject/caplc|c/Russia}}.
2. {{sid|en|Q1697}}{{place|en|oblast/and/federal subject|c/Russia|*surrounding the city, which itself is not part of the oblast|full={{w|Moscow Oblast}}}}.
3. {{lb|en|metonymy|politics}} The [[government]] of [[Russia]] or the [[Soviet Union]].
4. {{place|en|large number of places|c/USA}}:
5. {{place|en|hamlet|carea/East Ayrshire|cc/Scotland|;|probably named or re-named in 1812 for Napoleon's retreat from Moscow}} {{q|[[OS]] grid ref NS4840}}.
6. {{place|en|village|dist/[[Kottayam]] district|s/Kerala|c/India|;|named due to [[Soviet]] influence in [[Kerala]] during the Cold War}}.
7. {{lb|en|MLE|slang}} {{n-g|A nickname for}} {{place|en|{{w|Brandon Estate}}, a social [[housing estate]] in [[Southwark]], Central London|a=the}}; named because of gun violence and the use of [[Russian]]-made [[contraband]] [[firearms]].

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