soviet union
/ˈsoʊviət ˈjuːnjən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, three of the Soviet Union's fifteen constituent republics, last year's most dangerous fantasies have been sanctioned by the government itself. From Moscow has come the admission that yes, after all, the Soviet Union occupied these nations by force in 1940, against the will of the people."
- "Hence the famous February 9th 1946 speech at the Bolshoi Theatre, where Stalin announced that the Soviet Union was returning to its pre-war emphasis on industrialization, war-preparedness, and the inevitability of conflict between capitalism and Communism, and made explicit what was already obvious, that henceforth the Soviet Union would cooperate with the West only when it suited her."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsoʊviət ˈjuːnjən/
- British English: /ˈsɒviət ˈjuːniən/
Usage
Inflected Forms
the Soviet Union (canonical)