Moskva

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Москва́ (Moskvá). Doublet of Moscow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məsˈkvɑː/, /ˈmɒs.kvə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

Moskva

2. (with the) A river in Russia, a tributary of the Oka.
   • 1928, “an English Europasian”, “The Races”, in Russia in Resurrection: A Summary of the Views and of the Aims of a New Party in Russia, London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., page 18:

     The Great, Little and White Russians still occupy their original sites about the Moskva, the Dnieper and the Pripet, respectively numbering some 56,000,000, 22,000,000, and 6,000,000, the Great Russians predominating and mingling with the other races all over Europasia.

   • 1991, Klaus Meine, “Wind of Change”, in Crazy World, performed by Scorpions:

     Follow the Moskva
     Down to Gorky Park
     Listening to the wind of change.

3. Alternative form of Moscow: a federal city, a federal subject, the capital and largest city of Russia.
   • 2013, Charles Lee Jackson II, The Emperor’s Gambit (The Emperor’s Secret Files), →ISBN:

     And I didn't come all the way from Moskva just for the government.

4. Alternative form of Moscow: an oblast and federal subject of Russia surrounding the city, which itself is not part of the oblast; in full, Moscow Oblast.

Translations

river in Russia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莫斯科河 (zh) (Mòsīkē Hé)

• Hungarian: Moszkva (hu)
• Ingrian: Moskova
• Portuguese: Moscovo (pt)
• Russian: Москва́ (ru) f (Moskvá)

Anagrams

• Samkov

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		Москва
Arabic		موسکوا

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Москва́ (Moskvá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑskˈvɑ] (as if spelled *Maskva)
• IPA^(key): [mɑsɡɯˈvɑ] (as if spelled *Masqıva)

Proper noun

Moskva (definite accusative Moskvanı)

1. Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)
2. Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)

Declension

Declension of Moskva

	singular
nominative	Moskva
definite accusative	Moskvanı
dative	Moskvaya
locative	Moskvada
ablative	Moskvadan
definite genitive	Moskvanın

Possessive forms of Moskva

	nominative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Moskvam
sənin (“your”)	Moskvan
onun (“his/her/its”)	Moskvası
bizim (“our”)	Moskvamız
sizin (“your”)	Moskvanız
onların (“their”)	Moskvası or Moskvaları
	accusative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Moskvamı
sənin (“your”)	Moskvanı
onun (“his/her/its”)	Moskvasını
bizim (“our”)	Moskvamızı
sizin (“your”)	Moskvanızı
onların (“their”)	Moskvasını or Moskvalarını
	dative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Moskvama
sənin (“your”)	Moskvana
onun (“his/her/its”)	Moskvasına
bizim (“our”)	Moskvamıza
sizin (“your”)	Moskvanıza
onların (“their”)	Moskvasına or Moskvalarına
	locative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Moskvamda
sənin (“your”)	Moskvanda
onun (“his/her/its”)	Moskvasında
bizim (“our”)	Moskvamızda
sizin (“your”)	Moskvanızda
onların (“their”)	Moskvasında or Moskvalarında
	ablative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Moskvamdan
sənin (“your”)	Moskvandan
onun (“his/her/its”)	Moskvasından
bizim (“our”)	Moskvamızdan
sizin (“your”)	Moskvanızdan
onların (“their”)	Moskvasından or Moskvalarından
	genitive
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Moskvamın
sənin (“your”)	Moskvanın
onun (“his/her/its”)	Moskvasının
bizim (“our”)	Moskvamızın
sizin (“your”)	Moskvanızın
onların (“their”)	Moskvasının or Moskvalarının

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoskva]

Proper noun

Moskva f (relational adjective moskevský, demonym Moskvan)

1. Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

Declension

Declension of Moskva (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Moskva
genitive	Moskvy
dative	Moskvě
accusative	Moskvu
vocative	Moskvo
locative	Moskvě
instrumental	Moskvou

Further reading

• “Moskva”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Moskva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Moskva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Proper noun

Moskva

1. Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)
2. Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)

Estonian

Etymology

From Russian Москва (Moskva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoskvɑ/

Proper noun

Moskva

1. Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)
2. Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)

Faroese

Proper noun

Moskva ?

1. Moscow (the capital of Russia)

Icelandic

Proper noun

Moskva f (proper noun, genitive singular Moskvu)

1. Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

Declension

Declension of Moskva (sg-only feminine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Moskva
accusative	Moskvu
dative	Moskvu
genitive	Moskvu

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmosːkva/

Proper noun

Moskva

1. Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)
2. Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

View from Kosygina Street at Sparrow Hills in Moscow, Russia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Москва́ (Moskvá, “Moscow”), from Old East Slavic Москꙑ (Mosky, “Moscow”), originally referring to the river, probably from Proto-Slavic *mosky. The pronunciation with [ɔ] instead of expected [ʊ] is rather learned.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔskʋa/

• Audio:

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• (learned) IPA^(key): /mɔskˈʋa/
• Rhymes: -ɔskʋa
• Hyphenation: Mosk‧va
• (spelling pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊskʋa/, /mʊskˈʋa/

Proper noun

Moskva

1. Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

   Befolkningen i Moskva øker årlig.

   The population of Moscow is increasing annually.

2. Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)

Derived terms

• moskvakommunist

Related terms

• moscovium
• moskovitt
• moskovittisk
• muskovitt

References

• “Moskva” in Store norske leksikon
• “Moskva (fylke)” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Moskva

1. Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)
2. Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)

Derived terms

• Moskva-kommunist
• moskva-tæse (“galosh”)

Related terms

• moskovitt
• Moskvaelva

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /môskʋa/
• Hyphenation: Mos‧kva

Proper noun

Mȍskva f (Cyrillic spelling Мо̏сква)

1. Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

Declension

Declension of Moskva

	singular
nominative	Moskva
genitive	Moskve
dative	Moskvi
accusative	Moskvu
vocative	Moskvo
locative	Moskvi
instrumental	Moskvom

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Москва́ (Moskvá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔskva/

Proper noun

Moskva f (genitive singular Moskvy, declension pattern of žena)

1. Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

Declension

Declension of Moskva

	singulare tantum
nominative	Moskva
genitive	Moskvy
dative	Moskve
accusative	Moskvu
locative	Moskve
instrumental	Moskvou

Further reading

• “Moskva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /móːskʋa/

Proper noun

Mọ̑skva f

1. Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Móskva
genitive	Móskve
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Móskva
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Móskve
dative (dajȃlnik)	Móskvi
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Móskvo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Móskvi
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Móskvo

Related terms

• Móskovčan / Móskovčanka
• móskovski

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊˈskvɑː/

Proper noun

Moskva n (genitive Moskvas)

1. Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)