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union of soviet socialist republics

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
union of so-vi-et -so-cial-ist re-publics
IPA
45
Scrabble Score
31
Letters
7
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (canonical)

Phrases

Commonwealth of Independent States Soviet republic Soviet Socialist Republic Transcaucasian SFSR Karelo-Finnish SSR Odessa SR Donetsk-Krivoy Rog SR Stavropol SR

Frequently Paired Words

Commonwealth of Independent States CIS Soviet republic Soviet Socialist Republic Transcaucasian SFSR Karelo-Finnish SSR Odessa SR Donetsk-Krivoy Rog SR

Synonyms

CCCP Russia Soviet Union SSSR SU USSR

Questions

What does union of soviet socialist republics mean?
A former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries; short form Soviet Union; abbreviation USSR.
Where does union of soviet socialist republics come from?
Calque of Russian Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик (Sojúz Sovétskix Socialistíčeskix Respúblik).

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