English Explanatory Dictionary

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries; short form Soviet Union; abbreviation USSR.

Pronunciation

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics US.oga

Word forms

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Etymology

Calque of Russian Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик (Sojúz Sovétskix Socialistíčeskix Respúblik).

Synonyms

CCCP Russia Soviet Union SSSR SU USSR

Related words

Commonwealth of Independent States CIS Soviet republic Soviet Socialist Republic Transcaucasian SFSR Karelo-Finnish SSR Odessa SR Donetsk-Krivoy Rog SR Stavropol SR Don SR Kuban SR Black Sea SR Terek SR Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Byelorussian SSR Estonian SSR Georgian SSR Kazakh SSR Kyrgyz SSR Latvian SSR Lithuanian SSR Moldavian SSR Russian SFSR Tajik SSR Turkmen SSR Ukrainian SSR Uzbek SSR Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Estonia Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Moldova Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan
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