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COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
Synonyms:
CIS; Commonwealth of Independent States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Commonwealth of Independent States" is a kind of...):
global organization; international organisation; international organization; world organisation; world organization (an international alliance involving many different countries)
Meronyms (members of "Commonwealth of Independent States"):
Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)
Belarus; Belorussia; Byelarus; Byelorussia; Republic of Belarus; White Russia (a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet)
Moldavia; Moldova; Republic of Moldova (a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991)
Ukraine; Ukrayina (a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century)
Armenia; Hayastan; Republic of Armenia (a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors)
Azerbaijan; Azerbaijani Republic; Azerbajdzhan; Azerbajdzhan Republic (a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet)
Georgia; Sakartvelo (a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991)
Kazak; Kazakh; Kazakhstan; Kazakstan; Republic of Kazakhstan (a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991)
Kirghiz; Kirghizia; Kirghizstan; Kirgiz; Kirgizia; Kirgizstan; Kyrgyz Republic; Kyrgyzstan (a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991)
Republic of Tajikistan; Tadjik; Tadzhik; Tadzhikistan; Tajik; Tajikistan (a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet)
Turkmen; Turkmenia; Turkmenistan; Turkomen (a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991)
Republic of Uzbekistan; Uzbek; Uzbekistan (a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet)
