noun

• A federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.
• Moscow Oblast, an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city, which itself is not part of the oblast.
• (metonymically, politics) The government of Russia or the Soviet Union.
• A large number of places in the United States:
• A city, the county seat of Latah County, Idaho; probably named after the Russian city.
• A borough of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
• A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin; named after the Mascouten tribe.
• A small city in Fayette County, Tennessee; named after Mosgo, a Cherokee chief.
• A small town in Somerset County, Maine.
• A tiny city in Stevens County, Kansas; said to be named after Luis de Moscoso Alvarado, a Spanish explorer.
• A village in Clermont County, Ohio; said to be named by French veterans of Napoleon's siege of Moscow.
• A census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland.
• An unincorporated community in Lamar County, Alabama.
• An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama.
• An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
• An unincorporated community in Rush County, Indiana.
• An unincorporated community in Muscatine County, Iowa.
• An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Kentucky.
• An unincorporated community in Hillsdale County, Michigan
• An unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
• An unincorporated community in Kemper County, Mississippi.
• An unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas.
• An unincorporated community in the town of Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont.
• An unincorporated community in Hancock County, West Virginia.
• A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.
• A hamlet in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland; probably named or re-named in 1812 for Napoleon's retreat from Moscow (OS grid ref NS4840).
• A village in Kottayam district, Kerala, India; named due to Soviet influence in Kerala during the Cold War.
• (MLE, slang) A nickname for A Brandon Estate, a social housing estate in Southwark, Central London.