Meanings
proper nounthe Commonwealth of Independent States
- An alliance and confederation of nine former Soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed as a successor to the Soviet Union.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn alliance and confederation of nine former Soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed as a successor to the Soviet Union.
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CISC.I.S.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
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Broader
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Translations
Afrikaans Gemenebes van Onafhanklike State, GOS
- Gemenebes van Onafhanklike Statealliance of former Soviet republics
- GOSalliance of former Soviet republics
Arabic اِتِّحَاد اَلدُّوَل اَلْمُسْتَقِلَّة
- اِتِّحَاد اَلدُّوَل اَلْمُسْتَقِلَّة (ittiḥād ad-duwal al-mustaqilla)alliance of former Soviet republics
Basque Estatu Burujabeen Erkidegoa, EBE
- Estatu Burujabeen Erkidegoaalliance of former Soviet republics
- EBEalliance of former Soviet republics
Bengali স্বাধীন রাষ্ট্রের রাষ্ট্রমণ্ডল
- স্বাধীন রাষ্ট্রের রাষ্ট্রমণ্ডল (śadhin raśṭrer raśṭromonḍol)alliance of former Soviet republics
Bulgarian Общност на независимите държави
- Общност на независимите държави (Obštnost na nezavisimite dăržavi)alliance of former Soviet republics
Catalan Comunitat d'Estats Independents, CEI
- Comunitat d'Estats Independentsalliance of former Soviet republics
- CEIalliance of former Soviet republics
Chinese Mandarin 獨立國家聯合體 /独立国家联合体, 獨聯體 /独联体
- 獨立國家聯合體 /独立国家联合体 (Dúlì Guójiā Liánhétǐ)alliance of former Soviet republics
- 獨聯體 /独联体 (Dúliántǐ)alliance of former Soviet republics
Czech Společenství nezávislých států, SNS
- Společenství nezávislých státůalliance of former Soviet republics
- SNSalliance of former Soviet republics
Danish Fællesskabet af Uafhængige Stater, SNG
- Fællesskabet af Uafhængige Stateralliance of former Soviet republics
- SNGalliance of former Soviet republics
Dutch Gemenebest van Onafhankelijke Staten, GOS
- Gemenebest van Onafhankelijke Statenalliance of former Soviet republics
- GOSalliance of former Soviet republics
Esperanto Komunumo de Sendependaj Ŝtatoj, KSŜ
- Komunumo de Sendependaj Ŝtatojalliance of former Soviet republics
- KSŜalliance of former Soviet republics
Estonian Sõltumatute Riikide Ühendus, SRÜ
- Sõltumatute Riikide Ühendusalliance of former Soviet republics
- SRÜalliance of former Soviet republics
Finnish Itsenäisten valtioiden yhteisö, IVY
- Itsenäisten valtioiden yhteisöalliance of former Soviet republics
- IVYalliance of former Soviet republics
French Communauté des États indépendants, CEI
- Communauté des États indépendantsalliance of former Soviet republics
- CEIalliance of former Soviet republics
German Gemeinschaft unabhängiger Staaten, GUS
- Gemeinschaft unabhängiger Staatenalliance of former Soviet republics
- GUSalliance of former Soviet republics
Greek Κοινοπολιτεία Ανεξαρτήτων Κρατών, ΚΑΚ
- Κοινοπολιτεία Ανεξαρτήτων Κρατών (Koinopoliteía Anexartíton Kratón)alliance of former Soviet republics
- ΚΑΚ (KAK)alliance of former Soviet republics
Hebrew חֶבֶר הַמְּדִינוֹת
- חֶבֶר הַמְּדִינוֹתalliance of former Soviet republics
Hindi स्वतंत्र राष्ट्र राष्ट्रमण्डल
- स्वतंत्र राष्ट्र राष्ट्रमण्डल (svatantra rāṣṭra rāṣṭramaṇḍal)alliance of former Soviet republics
Hungarian Független Államok Közössége, FÁK
- Független Államok Közösségealliance of former Soviet republics
- FÁKalliance of former Soviet republics
Icelandic Samveldi sjálfstæðra ríkja, SSR
- Samveldi sjálfstæðra ríkjaalliance of former Soviet republics
- SSRalliance of former Soviet republics
Indonesian Persemakmuran Negara-Negara Merdeka
- Persemakmuran Negara-Negara Merdekaalliance of former Soviet republics
Irish Comhlathas na Stát Neamhspleách
- Comhlathas na Stát Neamhspleáchalliance of former Soviet republics
Italian Comunità degli Stati Indipendenti, CSI
- Comunità degli Stati Indipendentialliance of former Soviet republics
- CSIalliance of former Soviet republics
Japanese 独立国家共同体
- 独立国家共同体 (Dokuritsu Kokka Kyōdōtai)alliance of former Soviet republics
Korean 독립국가연합, 독립국가협동체
- 독립국가연합 (Dongnip Gukga Yeonhap)alliance of former Soviet republics
- 독립국가협동체 (Dongnip Gukga Hyeomdongche)alliance of former Soviet republics
Latvian Neatkarīgo Valstu Sadraudzība, NVS
- Neatkarīgo Valstu Sadraudzībaalliance of former Soviet republics
- NVSalliance of former Soviet republics
Lithuanian Nepriklausomų valstybių sandrauga, NVS
- Nepriklausomų valstybių sandraugaalliance of former Soviet republics
- NVSalliance of former Soviet republics
Malay Komanwel Negara-Negara Merdeka
- Komanwel Negara-Negara Merdekaalliance of former Soviet republics
Norwegian Bokmål Samveldet av uavhengige stater, SUS
- Samveldet av uavhengige stateralliance of former Soviet republics
- SUSalliance of former Soviet republics
Persian اتحاد دولتهای مشترکالمنافع, کشورهای مستقل همسود
- اتحاد دولتهای مشترکالمنافع (ettehâd-e dowlathâ-ye moštarak-ol-manâfe')alliance of former Soviet republics
- کشورهای مستقل همسود (kešvarhâ-ye mostaqell-e ham-sud)alliance of former Soviet republics
Polish Wspólnota Niepodległych Państw, WNP
- Wspólnota Niepodległych Państwalliance of former Soviet republics
- WNPalliance of former Soviet republics
Portuguese Comunidade de Estados Independentes, CEI
- Comunidade de Estados Independentesalliance of former Soviet republics
- CEIalliance of former Soviet republics
Punjabi ਆਜ਼ਾਦ ਮੁਲਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਕਾਮਨਵੈਲਥ
- ਆਜ਼ਾਦ ਮੁਲਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਕਾਮਨਵੈਲਥ (āzād mulkā̃ dī kāmnavailath)alliance of former Soviet republics
Romanian Comunitatea Statelor Independente, CSI
- Comunitatea Statelor Independentealliance of former Soviet republics
- CSIalliance of former Soviet republics
- Комунитатя Стателор Индепенденте (Comunitatea Statelor Independente)alliance of former Soviet republics
- КСИ (XI)alliance of former Soviet republics
Russian Содру́жество Незави́симых Госуда́рств, СНГ
- Содру́жество Незави́симых Госуда́рств (Sodrúžestvo Nezavísimyx Gosudárstv)alliance of former Soviet republics
- СНГ (SNG)alliance of former Soviet republics
Slovak Spoločenstvo nezávislých štátov, SNŠ
- Spoločenstvo nezávislých štátovalliance of former Soviet republics
- SNŠalliance of former Soviet republics
Spanish Comunidad de Estados Independientes, CEI
- Comunidad de Estados Independientesalliance of former Soviet republics
- CEIalliance of former Soviet republics
Swahili Jumuiya ya Nchi Huru
- Jumuiya ya Nchi Hurualliance of former Soviet republics
Swedish Oberoende staters samvälde, OSS
- Oberoende staters samväldealliance of former Soviet republics
- OSSalliance of former Soviet republics
Tamil விடுதலை பெற்ற நாடுகளின் பொதுநலவாயம்
- விடுதலை பெற்ற நாடுகளின் பொதுநலவாயம் (viṭutalai peṟṟa nāṭukaḷiṉ potunalavāyam)alliance of former Soviet republics
Thai เครือรัฐเอกราช
- เครือรัฐเอกราช (kreua rát-tà àyk-gà-râat)alliance of former Soviet republics
Turkish Bağımsız Devletler Topluluğu, BDT
- Bağımsız Devletler Topluluğualliance of former Soviet republics
- BDTalliance of former Soviet republics
Ukrainian Співдру́жність Незале́жних Держа́в, СНД
- Співдру́жність Незале́жних Держа́в (Spivdrúžnistʹ Nezaléžnyx Deržáv)alliance of former Soviet republics
- СНД (SND)alliance of former Soviet republics
Vietnamese Cộng đồng các Quốc gia Độc lập
- Cộng đồng các Quốc gia Độc lậpalliance of former Soviet republics
Welsh Cymanwlad y Gwladwriaethau Annibynnol
- Cymanwlad y Gwladwriaethau Annibynnolalliance of former Soviet republics
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