English
Etymology
Clipping of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Attested since October 1919 in U.S. newspapers.[ 1]
Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈsɒviət ˈjuːniən/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈsoʊviət ˈjuːniən/
Proper noun
the Soviet Union
( historical , 1922–1991) A constitutionally socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.
( historical , informal ) The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic .
Translations
Abkhaz: Советтә Аидгыла ( Sovetʼtʷʼ Ajdgəla )
Adyghe: Совет Зэгуэтхэр ( Sovet Zɛgʷɛtxɛr )
Afrikaans: Sowjetunie (af)
Albanian: Bashkimi Sovjetik m
Amharic: ሶቪዬት ሕብረት ( soviyet ḥəbrät )
Arabic: الْاِتِّحَادُ السُّوفْيَاتِيّ m ( al-ittiḥādu s-sūfyātiyy )
Armenian: Սովետական Միություն ( Sovetakan Miutʻyun ) , Խորհրդային Միություն ( Xorhrdayin Miutʻyun )
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 ( śōbhiẏet iuniẏon )
Bulgarian: Съве́тски съю́з m ( Sǎvétski sǎjúz )
Burmese: ဆိုဗီယက်ယူနီယန် ( hcuibiyak-yuniyan )
Catalan: Unió Soviètica f
Chechen: Советски Союз ( Sovetski Sojuz )
Chinese:
Dungan: Совет лянбон ( Sovi͡ət li͡anbon )
Mandarin: 蘇聯 / 苏联 (zh) ( Sūlián ) , 苏联 (zh) ( Sūlián ) , 蘇維埃聯盟 / 苏维埃联盟 ( Sūwéi'āi Liánméng ) , 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
Esperanto: Sovetunio
Estonian: Nõukogude Liit (et) , NSV Liit
Faroese: Sovjetsamveldið n , Sovjet n
Finnish: Neuvostoliitto (fi)
French: Union soviétique (fr) 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 Zɛgʷɛtxɛr )
Kannada: ಸೊವಿಯೆಟ್ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ ( soviyeṭ okkūṭa )
Karachay-Balkar: Совет Союз ( Sovet Soyuz )
Kazakh: Советтер Одағы ( Sovetter Odağy )
Khmer: សហភាពសូវៀត ( saʼhaʼphiəp souviət )
Korean: 쏘련 ( Ssoryeon ) (蘇聯 (ko) ) ( North Korea ) , 소련 ( Soryeon ) ( South Korea ) , 소비에트 연방 ( Sobieteu Yeonbang )
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Kyrgyz: Советтер Союз ( Sovetter Soyuz )
Lao: ສະຫະພາບໂຊວຽດ ( sa ha phāp sō wīat )
Latin: Uniō Sovietica f
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Latvian: Padomju Savienība
Lithuanian: Tarybų Sąjunga (lt)
Luxembourgish: Sowjetunioun
Macedonian: Советски Сојуз m ( Sovetski Sojuz )
Malay: Kesatuan Soviet
Malayalam: സോവിയറ്റ് യൂണിയന് ( sōviyaṟṟŭ yūṇiyanŭ )
Maltese: l-Unjoni Sovjetika
Marathi: सोव्हियेत संघ ( sovhiyet saṅgha )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "chm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Moksha: Советонь Соткс ( Sovetoń Sotks )
Mongolian: 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 ( Uniunea Sovetică )
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 class m /mi
Swedish: Sovjetunionen (sv) c
Tagalog: Unyong Sobyet
Tajik: Иттиҳоди Шӯравӣ (tg) ( Ittihod-i Šüravi )
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 ( Keńešo 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 )
Yiddish: סאָוועטן־פֿאַרבאַנד m ( sovetn-farband )
See also
See also
References