Muscovy
/ˈmʌskəvɪ/1
- a medieval principality in west central Russia, centred on Moscow, which formed the nucleus of modern Russia. As Muscovy expanded, princes of Muscovy became the rulers of Russia; in 1472 Ivan Ⅲ, grand duke of Muscovy, completed the unification of the country, and 1547 Ivan the Terrible became the first tsar of Russia.莫斯科大公国（中世纪俄罗斯中西部公国, 以莫斯科为中心, 形成了现代俄罗斯的核心, 随着公国的扩张, 其王公成为俄罗斯的统治者; 1472年莫斯科大公伊凡三世统一全国, 1547年伊凡雷帝成为俄罗斯第一个沙皇）。
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- archaic name for Russia〈古〉同RUSSIA.
词源
from obsolete French Muscovie, from modern Latin Moscovia, from Russian Moskva 'Moscow'.