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All-Union

All-Union adjective: denoting a scope that included all of the Soviet Union rather than only one or several Republics of the Soviet Union.

Adjective

All-Union (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Denoting a scope that included all of the Soviet Union rather than only one or several Republics of the Soviet Union.
    • Near-synonyms: Union, Soviet
    • All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
    Synonyms:
    Union, Soviet

Examples of All-Union in a sentence

  • All-Union Scientific and Research, Planning and Design Technological Institute on Electric Locomotives Building
  • All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports
  • All-Union Communist Party

Synonyms of All-Union

Origin of All-Union

Calque of Russian всесоюзный (vsesojuznyj): the conventionally standard English translation.

Questions about All-Union

What does All-Union mean?
All-Union means denoting a scope that included all of the Soviet Union rather than only one or several Republics of the Soviet Union.
How do you use All-Union in a sentence?
All-Union Scientific and Research, Planning and Design Technological Institute on Electric Locomotives Building
What part of speech is All-Union?
All-Union is an adjective.

Words near All-Union in the dictionary

  1. all-ticket
  2. all-time
  3. all-timer
  4. all-timers
  5. all-trans retinoic acid
  6. All-Union
  7. all-up
  8. all-up service
  9. all-up services
  10. all-up weight
  11. all-up weights

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