Moskva

[ muh-skvah ]

/ mʌˈskvɑ /

noun

Russian name of Moscow.

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Examples from the Web for moskva

At about 8 p.m. dozens of masked men stormed the Moskva Hotel in the Crimean capital of Simferopol.
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The great bell of Moskva boomed out to the watching multitudes the news that their sovereign was dead.
The Rise of the Russian Empire|Hector H. Munro
The ground to the right—along the course of the Kolocha and Moskva rivers—was broken and hilly.
War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy
The loyalty of Moskva brought him through many vicissitudes, and the tables were turned more than once upon his hostile relatives.
The Rise of the Russian Empire|Hector H. Munro

Was Moskva to lie in ruins, like another Kiev, a victim to her own renown?
The Rise of the Russian Empire|Hector H. Munro
In 1389 Moskva mourned her prince, Dimitri Donskoi, who died while yet in his prime.
The Rise of the Russian Empire|Hector H. Munro

British Dictionary definitions for moskva

Moskva

/ (Russian masˈkva) /

noun

transliteration of the Russian name for Moscow

a river in W central Russia, rising in the Smolensk-Moscow upland, and flowing southeast through Moscow to the Oka River: linked with the River Volga by the Moscow Canal. Length: about 500 km (310 miles)

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