Japanese

Alternative forms

• (rare) 蘇連

Proper noun

ソ連 ‎(hiragana and katakana ソれん, romaji Soren)

1. Short for ソビエト連邦 ‎(Sobieto Renpō, “Soviet Union”).
   • 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階たい段だん [Jacob's Ladder]”, in Q.E.D. 証しょう明めい終しゅう了りょう [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Kodansha, ISBN 4-06-333696-4, page 90:

     ソ連 (れん)が崩 (ほう)壊 (かい)して東 (とう)西 (ざい)冷 (れい)戦 (せん)は終 (お)わったんだ

     Soren ga hōkaishite Tōzai Reisen wa owattanda

     It's 'cuz the Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended

See also

• 蘇聯／苏联 (Sūlián)
• 소련 (Soryeon)
• Liên Xô