Soviet Union

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒviət ˈjuːniən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊviət ˈjuːniən/
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Proper nounEdit

the Soviet Union

(historical) 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.
(historical, informal) The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

TranslationsEdit

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

Abkhaz: Советтә Аидгыла (Soveṭṭw Aidgəla)
Adyghe: Совет Зэгуэтхэр (Sovet Zăg°ătxăr)
Afrikaans: Sowjetunie (af)
Albanian: Bashkimi Sovjetik m
Amharic: ሶቪዬት ሕብረት (soviyet ḥəbrät)
Arabic: الْاِتِّحَادُ السُّوفْيَاتِيّ‎ (ar) m (al-ittiḥādu s-sūfyātiyy)
Armenian: Սովետական Միություն (Sovetakan Miutʿyun), Խորհրդային Միություն (Xorhrdayin Miutʿyun)
Asturian: Unión Soviética f
Azerbaijani: Sovet İttifaqı
Cyrillic: Совет Иттифагы
Bashkir: Советтар Союзы (Sovettar Soyuzï)
Basque: Sobietar Batasuna
Belarusian: Саве́цкі Саю́з m (Savjécki Sajúz)
Bengali: সোভিয়েত ইউনিয়ন (śobhiẏet iuniẏôn)
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 (zh), 苏联 (zh) (Sūlián), 蘇維埃聯盟, 苏维埃联盟 (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), Neukkula (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)
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 (Sovet Zăg°ătxăr)
Kannada: ಸೊವಿಯೆಟ್ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ (soviyeṭ okkūṭa)
Karachay-Balkar: Совет Союз (Sovet Soyuz)
Kazakh: Советтер Одағы (Sovetter Odağı)
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 Kholboot Uls), Зөвлөлт Холбооны Улс (Zövlölt Kholboony 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
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 m or 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
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)

ReferencesEdit

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “Soviet Union”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[Etymonline-1] Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “Soviet Union”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Soviet Union

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EtymologyEdit

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