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CCCP

/si.si.si.piː/

CCCP proper noun: USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). Also the initialism of Central Committee of the Communist Party.

Proper noun

CCCP or the CCCP

  1. (humorous, nonstandard, sometimes) USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
    • Now that the CCCP is history. I wonder if we'll find out who Suvorov really was.1992 July 27, Keith Morgan, “NATO/Warsaw Pact forces (was Re: Greatest Prez...)”, in soc.history (Usenet)
    • Canada won the 1972 Summit Series against the CCCP, just barely, but lost a lot of face, bragging rights, prestige, sense of self, identity, and propaganda points, even though life in the Soviet Union, judging by the big hockey rink in Moscow, was dismal, at best, and a totalitarian police state...2008, Martin Avery, Bobby Orr and Me, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 353

Also used as

CCCP is also the initialism of Central Committee of the Communist Party.

Origin of CCCP

Orthographic borrowing from Russian СССР (SSSR), abbreviation of Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (Sojuz Sovetskix Socialističeskix Respublik, “(The) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”).

Questions about CCCP

What does CCCP mean?
CCCP means USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
What part of speech is CCCP?
CCCP is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce CCCP?
CCCP is pronounced /si.si.si.piː/.

Words near CCCP in the dictionary

  1. CCB
  2. CCBs
  3. CCC
  4. CCCA
  5. CCCC
  6. CCCP
  7. CCD
  8. CCDev
  9. CCDH
  10. CCDI
  11. CCDL

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