ソ連
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 連 |
| れん Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
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| 蘇連 (dated) 蘇聯 (dated) ソ聯 (dated) |
Etymology
Compare Chinese 蘇聯／苏联 (Sūlián), Korean 소련(蘇聯) (Soryeon), Vietnamese Liên Xô.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- Clipping of ソビエト連邦 (Sobieto Renpō, “Soviet Union (a former country)”).
- 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階段 [Jacob’s Ladder]”, in [Ｑ.](キュー)[Ｅ.](イー)[Ｄ.](ディー) [証](しょう)[明](めい)[終](しゅう)[了](りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 90:
- ソ連が崩壊して東西冷戦は終わったんだ
- Soren ga hōkai shite Tōzai Reisen wa owatta n da
- The Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended.
- ソ連が崩壊して東西冷戦は終わったんだ
Synonyms
- 旧ソ連 (Kyū Soren)
- ソ (So, abbreviation)
- 蘇 (So, abbreviation, dated)
- ソ連邦 (Sorenpō)
- 蘇聯邦, ソ聯邦 (Sorenpō, dated)
- 赤露 (Sekiro, dated)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “ソ連
”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
