Soviet Union

Soviet Union

English

Flag of the Soviet Union.

Etymology

Clipping of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Attested since October 1919 in U.S. newspapers.[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒviət ˈjuːniən/, /ˈsəʊvɪət ˈjuːniən/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊviət ˈjuːnjən/

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Proper noun

the SovietUnion

1. Ellipsis of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
   • 2005, Tony Judt, “The Impossible Settlement”, in Postwar: A history of Europe since 1945, London: Vintage Books, published 2010, →ISBN:

     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 inevitabibility 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.

2. (informal) The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

Descendants

• → Bengali: সোভিয়েত ইউনিয়ন (śobhiet iuniôn)

Translations

USSR — See also translations at Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,‎ USSR

Abkhaz: Советтә Аидгыла (Sovetʼtʷʼ Ajdgəla) Adyghe: Совет Зэгуэтхэр (Sooveet Zegʷetxer) Afrikaans: Sowjetunie (af) Albanian: Bashkimi Sovjetik m Amharic: ሶቪዬት ሕብረት (soviyet ḥəbrät) Arabic: الْاِتِّحَادُ السُّوفْيَاتِيّ‎ (ar) m (al-ittiḥādu s-sūfyātiyy), الْاِتِّحَادُ السُّوفْيَتِيّ‎ (ar) (al-ittiḥādu s-sūfyatiyy) Hijazi Arabic: الاتحاد السوڤييتي‎ m (al-ittiḥād as-sōvyēti) Armenian: Սովետական Միություն (Sovetakan Miutʿyun), Խորհրդային Միություն (Xorhrdayin Miutʿyun) Asturian: Unión Soviética f Azerbaijani: Sovet İttifaqı Cyrillic: Совет Иттифагы Bashkir: Советтар Союзы (Sovettar Soyuzı) Basque: Sobietar Batasuna Belarusian: Саве́цкі Саю́з m (Savjécki Sajúz) Bengali: সোভিয়েত ইউনিয়ন (śobhiet iuniôn) Bulgarian: Съве́тски съю́з m (Sǎvétski sǎjúz) Burmese: ဆိုဗီယက်ယူနီယန် (hcuibiyak-yuniyan) Catalan: Unió Soviètica f Chechen: Советски Союз (Sowetski Sojuz) Chinese: Dungan: Совет лянбон (Sovi͡ət li͡anbon) Mandarin: 蘇聯／苏联 (zh) (Sūlián), 蘇維埃聯盟／苏维埃联盟 (zh) (Sūwéi'āi Liánméng) Chuvash: Совет союзӗ (Sovet sojuzĕ) Czech: Sovětský svaz (cs) m Danish: Sovjetunionen (da) c Dhivehi: ސޯވިއެޓް އިއްތިހާދު‎ (sōvieṭ ittihādu) Dutch: Sovjet-Unie (nl) f, Radenbond m (dated) Esperanto: Sovetunio Estonian: Nõukogude Liit (et), NSV Liit Faroese: Sovjetsamveldið n, Sovjet n Finnish: Neuvostoliitto (fi), (informal) Neukkula (fi), neukut (fi) French: Union soviétique (fr) f Galician: Unión Soviética (gl) f Georgian: საბჭოთა კავშირი (sabč̣ota ḳavširi) German: Sowjetunion (de) f Greek: Σοβιετική Ένωση (el) f (Sovietikí Énosi) Gujarati: સોવિયેત યુનિયન (soviyet yuniyan), સોવિયેત સંઘ (soviyet saṅgh) Hebrew: בְּרִית הַמּוֹעָצוֹת‎ f (brit ha-mo'atsót) Hindi: सोवियत संघ (soviyat saṅgh), सोवियत यूनियन (soviyat yūniyan) Hungarian: Szovjetunió (hu) Icelandic: Sovétríkin n pl, Sovétsambandið n pl (obsolete), Ráðstjórnarríkin n pl (obsolete) Indonesian: Uni Soviet, Uni Sovyet Ingush: please add this translation if you can Interlingua: Union Sovietic Irish: an tAontas Sóivéadach m Italian: Unione Sovietica (it) f Japanese: ソ連 (ja) (ソれん, Soren), ソビエト連邦 (ja) (ソビエトれんぽう, Sobieto Renpō), ソヴェト連邦 (ソヴェトれんぽう, Soveto Renpō) Javanese: Uni Sovyèt Kabardian: Совет Зэгуэтхэр (Sooveet Zegʷetxer) Kannada: ಸೊವಿಯೆಟ್ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ (soviyeṭ okkūṭa) Karachay-Balkar: Совет Союз (Sovet Soyuz) Kazakh: Кеңес Одағы (Keñes Odağy) Khmer: សហភាពសូវៀត (saʼhaʼphiəp souviət) Korean: 소련(蘇聯) (ko) (Soryeon) (South Korea), 쏘련 (ko) (Ssoryeon) (North Korea), 소비에트 연방 (Sobieteu Yeonbang), 쏘비에트 련방 (Ssobieteu Ryeonbang) (North Korea) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Yekîtiya Sovyetê f Kyrgyz: Советтер Союз (Sovetter Soyuz) Lao: ສະຫະພາບໂຊວຽດ (sa ha phāp sō wīat) Latin: Uniō Sovietica f Latvian: Padomju Savienība Lithuanian: Tarybų Sąjunga (lt) Luxembourgish: Sowjetunioun Macedonian: Советски Сојуз m (Sovetski Sojuz) Malay: Kesatuan Soviet (ms) Malayalam: സോവിയറ്റ് യൂണിയന് (sōviyaṟṟŭ yūṇiyanŭ) Maltese: l-Unjoni Sovjetika Marathi: सोव्हियेत संघ (sovhiyet saṅgha) Mari: Eastern Mari: Совет Ушем (Sovet Ušem) Moksha: Советонь Соткс (Sovetonʹ Sotks) Mongolian: Cyrillic: Зөвлөлт Холбоот Улс (Zövlölt Xolboot Uls), Зөвлөлт Холбооны Улс (Zövlölt Xolboony Uls) Nahuatl: Cemitquimatiliztli Sovietecah Nepali: सोभियत संघ (sobhiyat saṅgha) Norman: Unnion Soviétique f (Jersey) Northern Sami: Sovjetlihttu Norwegian: Bokmål: Sovjetunionen Nynorsk: Sovjetunionen Ossetian: Советон Цӕдис (Soveton Cædis) Pashto: اتحاد شوروی‎ (ittihād šuravi) Persian: اتحاد شوروی‎ (ettehâd-e šuravi) Polish: Związek Radziecki (pl) m Portuguese: União Soviética (pt) f Punjabi: ਸੋਵੀਅਤ ਯੂਨੀਅਨ (sovīata yūnīana) Romanian: Uniunea Sovietică f Cyrillic: Униуня Советикэ f Russian: Сове́тский Сою́з (ru) m (Sovétskij Sojúz) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Совјетски Савез m Roman: Sovjetski Savez m Sindhi: سوويت يونين‎ Sinhalese: සෝවියට් සංගමය (sōwiyaṭ saṁgamaya) Slovak: Sovietsky zväz m Slovene: Sovjetska zveza f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Sowjetski zwězk m Upper Sorbian: Sowjetski zwjazk m Spanish: Unión Soviética (es) f Swahili: Muungano wa Sovieti class m/mi Swedish: Sovjetunionen (sv) c Tagalog: Unyong Sobyet Tajik: Иттиҳоди Шӯравӣ (tg) (Ittihodi Šüravī) Tamil: சோவியத் ஒன்றியம் (cōviyat oṉṟiyam) Tatar: Советлар Союзы (Sowetlar Soyuzı) Telugu: సోవియట్ యూనియన్ (sōviyaṭ yūniyan) Thai: สหภาพโซเวียต (sà-hà-pâap-soo-wîiat) Turkish: Sovyetler Birliği (tr) Turkmen: Sowet Soýuzy Udmurt: Кенешо Союз (Kenešo Sojuz) Ukrainian: Радя́нський Сою́з m (Radjánsʹkyj Sojúz) Urdu: سوویت اتحاد‎ (sovyat ittihād) Uyghur: سوۋېت ئىتتىپاقى‎ (sowët ittipaqi) Uzbek: Sovet Ittifoqi Cyrillic: Совет Иттифоқи (Sovet Ittifoqi) Vietnamese: Liên Xô, Liên bang Xô viết Volapük: Balatam Sovyätik Võro: Nõvvokogoliit Welsh: Undeb Sofietaidd (cy) Yakut: Советскай Союз (Sovetskay Soyuz), Сэбиэскэй Сойуус (Sebieskey Soyuus) Yiddish: סאָוועטן־פֿאַרבאַנד‎ m (sovetn-farband)

See also

• 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

 

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Soviet Union”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.