noun
formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
• Members of this Region: ↑Borodino
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Soviet Socialist Republic
• Part Holonyms: ↑Soviet Union, ↑Russia, ↑Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, ↑USSR, ↑Eurasia
• Member Meronyms:
↑Komi, ↑Cheremis, ↑Cheremiss, ↑Mari, ↑Ingrian, ↑Inger, ↑Ingerman, ↑Mordva, ↑Mordvin, ↑Mordvinian, ↑Veps, ↑Vepse, ↑Vepsian, ↑Vogul, ↑Mansi, ↑Russian
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1. a conventional name of the Soviet Union.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.