Mosco

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proper noun

A surname

OriginItalian Mosco →
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Meanings

Mosco1

proper nounMosco (plural Moscos)

plural Moscos

  1. A surname

Mosco2

proper noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of Moscow.

    According to the police regulation, Moſco is partitioned into twenty chief diviſions, denominated from the principal ſtreets they ſeverally comprehend, e. gr. the Boſmanſkoi, the Verſkoi, &c.

    1800, W[illiam] Tooke, “Sketch of Mosco”, in History of Russia, from the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rurik, to the Accession of Catharine the Second, volume II, London: […] A. Strahan, […], for T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], pages 367–368

Origin

  1. ItalianMosco
  2. EnglishMosco

* As an Italian and Spanish surname, from Italian Mosco, from the noun mosca (“fly”). * As a Greek surname, Americanized variant of Moskos.

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APA

Mosco. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mosco

MLA

“Mosco.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mosco. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mosco,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mosco.

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