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Muscovy

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈmʌskəvi/
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1

name

Meaning 1

The Russian territory around and ruled from Moscow by grand princes until it became the nucleus of a united Russia, which its dynasty ruled first as czars (kings) from Moscow, later as emperors from Saint Petersburg.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

Russia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, derogatory, usually

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Muscovy duck

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a Russian principality in the 13th to 16th centuries; Moscow was the capital

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: principality, princedom

History

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin Moscovia, derived from Russian Москва́ (Moskvá).

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: Маско́ўшчына (Maskówščyna) — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Belarusian: Маско́вія (Maskóvija) — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Danish: Moskovien — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Danish: Storfyrstendømmet Moskva — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Dutch: Moskovië — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Esperanto: Moskovio — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Finnish: Moskova — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • French: Moscovie — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Galician: Moscovia — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • German: Moskau — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • German: Moskowien — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Greek: Μοσχοβία (Moschovía) — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Hungarian: Moszkvai Nagyfejedelemség — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Hungarian: Muszkaföld — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Italian: Moscovia — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Latin: Moscovia — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Latin: Magnus Ducatus Moscuensis — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Latvian: Maskavija — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Вельке московске князовство (Velʹke moskovske knjazovstvo) — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Московия (Moskovija) — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Polish: Wielkie Księstwo Moskiewskie — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Portuguese: Moscóvia — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Russian: Моско́вия (Moskóvija) — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Russian: Моско́вское госуда́рство (Moskóvskoje gosudárstvo) — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Russian: Вели́кое кня́жество Моско́вское (Velíkoje knjážestvo Moskóvskoje) — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Spanish: Moscovia — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Swedish: Moskvariket — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Ukrainian: Моско́вія (Moskóvija) — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Ukrainian: Москівщи́на (Moskivščýna) — Grand Duchy of Moscow
  • Ukrainian: Московщи́на (Moskovščýna) — Grand Duchy of Moscow