Muscovite

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• UK: /ˈmʌs.kəˌvaɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: M AH1 S K AH0 V AY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita.

In 1850 from Muscovy glass + -ite, from the province Muscovy in Russia. Named by James Dwight Dana.

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Moskowities — Relating to Moscow
• Afrikaans: Moskous — Relating to Moscow
• Arabic: مُوسْكُوفِيّ (mūskūfiyy) — Relating to Moscow
• Armenian: մոսկովյան (moskovyan) — Relating to Moscow
• Azerbaijani: moskvalı — Relating to Moscow
• Belarusian: маско́ўскі (maskówski) — Relating to Moscow
• Bulgarian: моско́вски (moskóvski) — Relating to Moscow
• Catalan: moscovita — Relating to Moscow
• Czech: moskevský — Relating to Moscow
• Danish: moskovitisk — Relating to Moscow
• Dutch: Moskovitisch — Relating to Moscow
• Dutch: Moskous — Relating to Moscow
• Esperanto: moskva — Relating to Moscow
• French: moscovite — Relating to Moscow
• Georgian: მოსკოვის (mosḳovis) — Relating to Moscow
• German: moskowitisch — Relating to Moscow
• German: Moskauer — Relating to Moscow
• German: moskauisch — Relating to Moscow
• Greek: μοσχοβίτικος (moschovítikos) — Relating to Moscow
• Hungarian: moszkvai — Relating to Moscow
• Italian: moscovita — Relating to Moscow
• Macedonian: московски (moskovski) — Relating to Moscow
• Polish: moskiewski — Relating to Moscow
• Romanian: moscovit — Relating to Moscow
• Russian: моско́вский (moskóvskij) — Relating to Moscow
• Serbo-Croatian: мо̀сковскӣ — Relating to Moscow
• Serbo-Croatian: mòskovskī — Relating to Moscow
• Slovak: moskovský — Relating to Moscow
• Slovene: moskovski — Relating to Moscow
• Swedish: moskovitisk — Relating to Moscow
• Turkish: Moskovalı — Relating to Moscow
• Ukrainian: моско́вський (moskóvsʹkyj) — Relating to Moscow
• Ukrainian: московітський (moskovitsʹkyj) — Relating to Moscow
• Uzbek: moskvalik — Relating to Moscow
• Welsh: Mosgofaidd — Relating to Moscow
• Belarusian: маскаві́т (maskavít) — resident of Muscovy
• Belarusian: маскаві́тка (maskavítka) — resident of Muscovy
• Bulgarian: московча́нин (moskovčánin) — resident of Muscovy
• Bulgarian: московча́нка (moskovčánka) — resident of Muscovy
• Catalan: moscovita — resident of Muscovy
• Chinese Mandarin: 莫斯科人 — resident of Muscovy
• Danish: moskovit — resident of Muscovy
• Finnish: moskoviitti — resident of Muscovy
• Old Ruthenian: москвити́нъ (moskvitín) — resident of Muscovy
• Old Ruthenian: моска́ль (moskálʹ) — resident of Muscovy
• Old Ruthenian: москви́чъ (moskvíč) — resident of Muscovy
• Old Ruthenian: моско́вка (moskóvka) — resident of Muscovy
• Polish: Moskwicin — resident of Muscovy
• Romanian: muscal — resident of Muscovy
• Russian: жи́тель Моско́вии (žítelʹ Moskóvii) — resident of Muscovy
• Russian: жи́тельница Моско́вии (žítelʹnica Moskóvii) — resident of Muscovy
• Swedish: moskovit — resident of Muscovy
• Ukrainian: москови́т (moskovýt) — resident of Muscovy
• Ukrainian: моска́ль (moskálʹ) — resident of Muscovy
• Ukrainian: московитка (moskovytka) — resident of Muscovy
• Welsh: Mosgofiad — resident of Muscovy
• Afrikaans: Moskowiet — resident of Moscow
• Afrikaans: Moskouer — resident of Moscow
• Belarusian: маскві́ч (maskvíč) — resident of Moscow
• Belarusian: маскві́чка (maskvíčka) — resident of Moscow
• Bulgarian: московча́нин (moskovčánin) — resident of Moscow
• Bulgarian: московча́нка (moskovčánka) — resident of Moscow
• Catalan: moscovita — resident of Moscow
• Chinese Mandarin: 莫斯科人 (Mòsīkērén) — resident of Moscow
• Czech: Moskvan — resident of Moscow
• Danish: moskovit — resident of Moscow
• Danish: moskvabo — resident of Moscow
• Dutch: Moskoviet — resident of Moscow
• Dutch: Moskouer — resident of Moscow
• Dutch: Moskovitische — resident of Moscow
• Dutch: Moskouse — resident of Moscow
• Esperanto: moskvano — resident of Moscow
• Esperanto: moskvanino — resident of Moscow
• Finnish: moskovalainen — resident of Moscow
• French: Moscovite — resident of Moscow
• German: Moskauer — resident of Moscow
• German: Moskowiter — resident of Moscow
• German: Moskauerin — resident of Moscow
• Greek: Μοσχοβίτης (Moschovítis) — resident of Moscow
• Greek: Μοσχοβίτισσα (Moschovítissa) — resident of Moscow
• Hungarian: moszkvai — resident of Moscow
• Interlingua: moscovita — resident of Moscow
• Italian: moscovita — resident of Moscow
• Japanese: モスクワ人 (Mosukuwa-jin) — resident of Moscow
• Macedonian: моско́вјанец (moskóvjanec) — resident of Moscow
• Macedonian: моско́вјанин (moskóvjanin) — resident of Moscow
• Macedonian: моско́вјанка (moskóvjanka) — resident of Moscow
• Norwegian Bokmål: moskovitt — resident of Moscow
• Norwegian Nynorsk: moskovitt — resident of Moscow
• Polish: moskwianin — resident of Moscow
• Polish: moskwianka — resident of Moscow
• Portuguese: moscovita — resident of Moscow
• Romanian: moscovit — resident of Moscow
• Romanian: moscovită — resident of Moscow
• Russian: москви́ч (moskvíč) — resident of Moscow
• Russian: москви́чка (moskvíčka) — resident of Moscow
• Slovak: Moskovčan — resident of Moscow
• Slovak: Moskovčanka — resident of Moscow
• Slovene: moskovčan — resident of Moscow
• Slovene: moskovčanka — resident of Moscow
• Spanish: moscovita — resident of Moscow
• Swedish: Moskvabo — resident of Moscow
• Swedish: moskovit — resident of Moscow
• Turkish: Moskovalı — resident of Moscow
• Ukrainian: москви́ч (moskvýč) — resident of Moscow
• Ukrainian: москви́чка (moskvýčka) — resident of Moscow
• Welsh: Mosgofiad — resident of Moscow
• Yiddish: מאָסקווער (moskver) — resident of Moscow
• Catalan: moscovita — mineral of the mica group
• Dutch: muscoviet — mineral of the mica group
• Esperanto: muskovito — mineral of the mica group
• Finnish: muskoviitti — mineral of the mica group
• French: muscovite — mineral of the mica group
• German: Muskovit — mineral of the mica group
• Hungarian: muszkovit — mineral of the mica group
• Italian: muscovite — mineral of the mica group
• Spanish: moscovita — mineral of the mica group
• Spanish: muscovita — mineral of the mica group
• Swedish: muskovit — mineral of the mica group
• Tagalog: muskobita — mineral of the mica group