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MOSCOW
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I. (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
Synonyms:
capital of the Russian Federation; Moscow; Russian capital
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
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)
