Moscow
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (RP) IPA: /ˈmɒskəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"mQsk@U/
- (US) enPR: mäsʹkou, mäsʹkō, IPA: /ˈmɑskaʊ/, /ˈmɑskoʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"mAskaU/, /"mAskoU/
Proper noun[edit]
Moscow
- The capital city of Russia.
- (by extension) The government of Russia or the Soviet Union
- 1987, Shelomoh Naḳdimon, First strike: the exclusive story of how Israel foiled Iraq's attempt to get the bomb[1], page 40:
- Moscow said "Nyet!"
- 1997, Mervin Block, Writing Broadcast News: Shorter, Sharper, Stronger[2], ISBN 1-56625-084-6, page 154:
- Yet, a few US newscasters will go on the air at 6 pm or later and say, "Moscow said tonight.["] ... A careful writer would make his script read, "Moscow said today. ..."
- 2009, Svante E. Cornell, S. Frederick Star, The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia[3], ISBN 978-0-7656-2507-6, page 184:
- In addition, Moscow argued that Georgia had violated international law by introducing its forces into South Ossetia, a move Moscow said Tbilisi had committed itself not to do under the earlier CIS-sponsored peacekeeping arrangements.
- 1987, Shelomoh Naḳdimon, First strike: the exclusive story of how Israel foiled Iraq's attempt to get the bomb[1], page 40:
- A city in Idaho, USA
- A town name in Iowa, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Indiana, Pensylvania, etc. in the USA
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Translations[edit]
Capital city of Russia
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