Moskva

American  

[muh-skvah] / mʌˈskvɑ /

noun

1. the Russian name of Moscow.

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Moskva British  

/ masˈkva /

noun

1. transliteration of the Russian name for Moscow

2. 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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Example Sentences

Then he put up a picture of, the Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.

From Slate

And in fact, the Ukrainian navy sank the Moskva in April 2022, just weeks after the start of that war.

From Slate

Dmitriev walked him through Zaryadye Park overlooking the Moskva River, then escorted him to the Kremlin for another three-hour session with Russia’s leader.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then in April 2022, Ukrainian ground troops used a similar weapon, Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles launched from trucks, to sink the Russian cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea.

From New York Times

In 2022 Ukraine sank the Russian flagship Moskva with the help of homemade Neptune missiles.

From BBC