S.S.
S.S. is the abbreviation of steamship.
S.S. is the initialism of Straits Settlements.
Meaning of steamship
Noun
steamship (plural steamships)
- A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.
- Steamship arrivals, however, are less predictable and the best arrangements of shipping companies and the railway operating department may be upset by weather and tide.1962 April, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 264
Meaning of Straits Settlements
Proper noun
the Straits Settlements
- A former British colony in Southeast Asia, existing between 1826–1946 and consisting of modern-day Singapore and Malacca, Penang, and Perak in Malaysia, as well as a few other miscellaneous territories for other periods.
- Synonyms:
- Straits
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- S.S. is the abbreviation of steamship.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: S.S. (page history and authors); steamship (page history and authors); Straits Settlements (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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