MOSCOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Moscow mean? 

• MOSCOW (noun)
  The noun MOSCOW has 1 sense:

1. a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation

  Familiarity information: MOSCOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOSCOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of the Russian Federation; Moscow; Russian capital

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Moscow"):

Kremlin (citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government)

Holonyms ("Moscow" is a part of...):

Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)

 Context examples 

Sputnik News reported Leonov, who died in Moscow, will be buried at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday.

(Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov dies at age 85, Wikinews)