Moscow
['mɔskəʊ] or [ˈmɑsˌkaʊ]
Definition
(noun.) a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation.
Typist: Ruben--From WordNet
Examples
- The winter remained mild for an unusually long time--he could have escaped; but instead he remained in Moscow, making impossible plans, at a loss. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She would like to go to Rome, Munich, Vienna, or to St Petersburg or Moscow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The _Tsar-Pooschka_, the great bronze gun of Moscow, cast in 1586, was even larger, and had a bore 36 inches in diameter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Perhaps he would have wintered in Moscow, but the Russians smoked him out; they set fire to and burnt most of the city. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Karkov said after this was over I could go to the Lenin Institute in Moscow if I wanted to. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He marches on old Moscow. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He took Moscow, expecting that this would oblige Alexander to make peace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In America, Robert Jordan said, he is supposed to be very close to Moscow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I remember how tremendously surprised I was in visiting Russia several years ago to find that in Moscow or St. Petersburg men were interested in all sorts of things besides the revolution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Has he no connections in Moscow? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Under old Moscow's walls the rude Cossack waits him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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