旧ソ連

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旧	連
きゅう Grade: 5	れん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
舊蘇聯 (kyūjitai) 舊ソ聯 旧ソ聯

Etymology

Compound of 旧 (kyū, “former”) +‎ ソ連 (Soren, “Soviet Union”).

連 is a daiyōji replacing 聯.

Proper noun

旧(きゅう)ソ連(れん) • (Kyū Soren) 

1. former Soviet Union; ex-USSR

Synonyms

• ソ (So, abbreviation)
• 蘇(そ) (So, abbreviation, dated)
• ソ連(れん)邦(ぽう) (Sorenpō)
• 蘇(そ)聯(れん)邦(ぽう), ソ聯(れん)邦(ぽう) (Sorenpō, dated)
• 赤(せき)露(ろ) (Sekiro, dated)