SOVIET UNION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia
   • established in 1922
   • included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia an others)
   • officially dissolved 31 December 1991
   Synonym(s)
   • Russia (what does Russia mean?)
   • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (what does Union of Soviet Socialist Republics mean?)
   • USSR (what does USSR mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Soviet Union is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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