Muscovy
See also: muscovy
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Moscovia, derived from Russian Москва́ (Moskvá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʌskəvi/
Proper noun
Muscovy
- The Russian territory around and ruled from Moscow by grand princes until it became the nucleus of a united Russia, which its dynasty ruled first as czars (kings) from Moscow, later as emperors from Saint Petersburg.
- (by extension, sometines derogatory) Russia.
- 2021, Michael MacKay, “4:45 PM · Feb 26, 2021”, in Twitter[1], Twitter:
- The Russian Federation's war against Ukraine is now in its eighth year. Invaders from Muscovy have been attacking Ukrainians in their homeland every day for 2,563 days.
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Translations
Grand Duchy of Moscow
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