Muscovy

American  

[muhs-kuh-vee] / ˈmʌs kə vi /

noun

1. Also called Grand Duchy of Muscovy.  a principality founded c1271 and centered on the ancient city of Moscow. Its rulers gradually gained control over the neighboring Great Russian principalities and established the Russian Empire under the czars.

2. Archaic. Moscow.

3. Archaic. Russia.

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Muscovy British  

/ ˈmʌskəvɪ /

noun

1. a Russian principality (13th to 16th centuries), of which Moscow was the capital

2. an archaic name for Russia Moscow

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Example Sentences

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Muscovy

Not so lucky, though, were the Muscovy ducks that graced the pond of the US ambassador's residence in Regent's Park, Winfield House.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025

Ukrainians learned that the hard way in the mid-1600s when Ukrainian Cossacks rebelled against their Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth rulers and established an independent state, seeking protection from their Orthodox co-religionists in Muscovy.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023

The early rulers of Muscovy — the medieval state that would become Russia — looked to Europe for models for their court culture soon after they began consolidating power in the 15th century.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2022

At that time, there was no Moscow, until a Kyivan prince founded it in 1147 and gave rise to Muscovy.

From Washington Post ● May 12, 2022

“As soon as the Muscovy flaps, that falcon will dive and hit the net.”

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George