Muscovy

See also: muscovy

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Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin Moscovia, derived from Russian Москва́ (Moskvá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌskəvi/

Proper noun

Muscovy

1. 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.
2. (by extension, sometimes derogatory) Russia.
   • 2021, Michael MacKay, “4:45 PM · Feb 26, 2021”, in Twitter‎, 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.

Derived terms

• Muscovian

Related terms

• Moscow
• Moskva
• Muscovite

Translations

Grand Duchy of Moscow

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: Маско́ўшчына f (Maskówščyna), Маско́вія f (Maskóvija) Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: please add this translation if you can Corsican: please add this translation if you can Czech: please add this translation if you can Danish: Moskovien c, Storfyrstendømmet Moskva (Grand Duchy of Moscow) Dutch: Moskovië n Esperanto: Moskovio Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: Moskova (fi) French: Moscovie (fr) f Galician: Moscovia Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Moskau (de) n, Moskowien n Greek: Μοσχοβία (el) f (Moschovía) Hungarian: Moszkvai Nagyfejedelemség, Muszkaföld Ingrian: please add this translation if you can Italian: Moscovia f Latin: Moscovia f, Magnus Ducatus Moscuensis m (Grand Duchy of Moscow) Latvian: Maskavija f Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Occitan: please add this translation if you can Pannonian Rusyn: Вельке московске князовство n (Velʹke moskovske knjazovstvo), Московия f (Moskovija) Polish: Wielkie Księstwo Moskiewskie n Portuguese: Moscóvia f Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: Моско́вия (ru) f (Moskóvija), Моско́вское госуда́рство n (Moskóvskoje gosudárstvo), Вели́кое кня́жество Моско́вское n (Velíkoje knjážestvo Moskóvskoje) (official name) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: Moscovia f Swedish: Moskvariket n Udmurt: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: Моско́вія f (Moskóvija), Москівщи́на f (Moskivščýna), Московщи́на (uk) f (Moskovščýna)