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English
Etymology
1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita.
Pronunciation
Noun
Muscovite (plural Muscovites)
- An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.
- (archaic, by extension) A Russian.
Translations
resident of Moscow
- Afrikaans: Moskowiet, Moskouer
- Belarusian: маскві́ч m (maskvíč), маскві́чка f (maskvíčka)
- Bulgarian: московча́нин m (moskovčánin), московча́нка f (moskovčánka)
- Catalan: moscovita (ca) m or f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 莫斯科人 (Mòsīkērén)
- Czech: Moskvan (cs) m
- Danish: moskovit (da) c, moskvabo c
- Dutch: Moskoviet (nl) m, Moskouer (nl) m, Moskovitische (nl) f, Moskouse (nl) f
- Esperanto: moskvano (man or woman), moskvanino (woman)
- Finnish: moskovalainen (fi)
- French: Moscovite (fr) m or f
- German: Moskauer (de) m, Moskowiter (de) m, Moskauerin (de) f
- Greek: Μοσχοβίτης (el) m (Moschovítis), Μοσχοβίτισσα f (Moschovítissa)
- Hungarian: moszkvai (hu)
- Interlingua: moscovita m or f
- Italian: moscovita (it) m or f
- Japanese: モスクワ人 (Mosukuwa-jin)
- Macedonian: моско́вјанец (mk) m (moskóvjanec), моско́вјанин (mk) m (moskóvjanin), моско́вјанка (mk) f (moskóvjanka)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: moskovitt (no) m
- Nynorsk: moskovitt m
- Polish: moskwianin (pl) m, moskwianka (pl) f
- Portuguese: moscovita (pt) m or f
- Romanian: moscovit (ro) m, moscovită (ro) f
- Russian: москви́ч (ru) m (moskvíč), москви́чка (ru) f (moskvíčka)
- Slovak: Moskovčan m, Moskovčanka f
- Slovene: moskovčan m, moskovčanka f
- Spanish: moscovita (es) m or f
- Swedish: Moskvabo (sv) c, moskovit (sv) c (archaic, poetic)
- Turkish: Moskovalı
- Ukrainian: москви́ч m (moskvýč), москви́чка f (moskvýčka)
- Welsh: Mosgofiad m
- Yiddish: מאָסקווער m (moskver)
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Adjective
Muscovite (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.
- Russian.
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