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USSR

  • /ˌjuː.ɛs.ɛsˈɑː/ UK
  • /ˌju.ɛs.ɛsˈɑɹ/ Canada, US
  • /ˌjʉː.es.esˈɐː/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˌjʉ.ɛs.ɛsˈaɹ/ Scotland

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proper noun USSR · the USSR · U. S. S. R. · U.S.S.R.

  1. abbreviation, historical, initialism Initialism of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, official name of Soviet Union: a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries. Meronyms: SSR, SFSR

    Similar: CCCP, SSSR, SU, Russia

  2. abbreviation, initialism, uncommon Initialism of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

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Closest in meaning: soviet union, russia, soviet, federation, fsu, republics, cccp, soviets, kremlin, redstate, union, yugoslavia, russias, ruskies, yugoslav, ukraine

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name Initialism or shortening of "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"

EspañolURSS
한국어소련 Soryeon, 쏘련 Ssoryeon
日本語ソ連 Soren
中文蘇聯 /苏联 Sūlián
हिन्दीसोवियत संघ soviyat saṅgh, सोवियत यूनियन soviyat yūniyan
PortuguêsURSS
FrançaisURSS
DeutschUdSSR
ΕλληνικάΕΣΣΔ ESSD
RomânăURSS
РусскийСССР SSSR
Tiếng ViệtLiên Xô
العربيةالْاِتِّحَاد السُّوفْيَاتِيّ al-ittiḥād as-suvyātiyy
עבריתבְּרִית הַמּוֹעֲצוֹת brit ha-mu'atsot, ברה״מ Br.HM

name Initialism or shortening of "Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic"

EspañolRSSU
PortuguêsRSSU
DeutschUSSR
РусскийУССР

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@misc{ussr_2026,
  title = {USSR},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ussr},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}