Definition of MUSCOVY. Meaning of MUSCOVY. Synonyms of MUSCOVY

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word MUSCOVY. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word MUSCOVY and, of course, MUSCOVY synonyms and on the right images related to the word MUSCOVY.

Definition of MUSCOVY

No result for MUSCOVY. Showing similar results...

Muscovy duck
Muscovy duck Mus"co*vy duck` [A corruption of musk duck.] (Zo["o]l.) A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil.
Muscovy glass
Muscovy glass Mus"co*vy glass` [From Muscovy, the old name of Russia: cf. F. verre de Moscovie.] Mica; muscovite. See Mica.

Meaning of MUSCOVY from wikipedia

- may also refer to: Muscovy Company, an English trading company chartered in 1555 Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) and Domestic Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata...
- The Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) is a duck native to the Americas, from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Mexico south to Argentina and Uruguay. Feral...
- The Muscovy or Barbary is the domesticated form of the wild Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata. There are a number of local or regional breeds, and drakes...
- The Muscovy Company (also called the Russia Company or the Muscovy Trading Company; Russian: Московская компания, romanized: Moskovskaya kompaniya) was...
- Peremyshl (Russian: Перемышль) was a town in the Grand Duchy of Moscow located on the right bank of the Mocha River, within the Troitsky Administrative...
- it. The Russian state partly remained referred to as Moscovia (English: Muscovy) throughout Europe, predominantly in its Catholic part, though this Latin...
- The Invasion of Muscovy occurred in the year 1521. The invasion of Muscovy was led by Mehmed I Giray of the Crimean Khanate, a v****al of the Ottoman Empire...
- officially proclaiming the Tsardom of Russia. The English names Moscow and Muscovy, for the city, the prin****lity, and the river, are derived from post-classical...
- muscovite comes from Muscovy-gl****, a name given to the mineral in Elizabethan England due to its use in medieval Russia (Muscovy) as a cheaper alternative...
- Herberstein on the geography, history and customs of the Grand Duchy of Muscovy. The book was the main early source of knowledge about Russia in Western...