SS (disambiguation)
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SS is an abbreviation made notorious by its Nazi association
- Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force
Due to almost universal association of this abbreviation with Nazi history many organizations with the same initials refrain from using it. It has, however, many other meanings, including:
[edit] Military
- Special Service, a division of soldiers in British service during World War II (later renamed Commandos)
- Submarine, for which "SS" is the United States Navy designator
- Surface-to-surface missile of Soviet/Russian type, as listed by NATO
- Sea Scout, a class of British airship during World War I
[edit] History, government, and social sciences
- Collar of SS, an ornamental collar in British heraldry
- Social Studies, a group of academic disciplines that study the human aspects of the world
- United States Secret Service, a United States federal government law enforcement agency
- Selective Service, the means by which the United States administers military conscription
- Social security, a field of social welfare concerned with the fulfillment of socially recognized needs
- Simplified spelling, the object of spelling reform and campaigning issue of the Simplified Spelling Society
- Stockholm Skins, a neo-Nazi organization in Sweden
[edit] Transportation
- Corsairfly, an airline company with IATA code "SS"
- Steamship, abbreviated "SS" in ship prefix (e.g. S.S. Minnow)
- Super Sport, a performance package offered by Chevrolet
- SS Cars Ltd, the forerunner of Jaguar.
- Swallow Sidecar Company, the former name of the Jaguar automobile company
- Sand Springs Railway, which has the AAR reporting mark "SS"
- Stockholms Spårvägar, the former streetcar and bus operating authority in Stockholm, Sweden
[edit] Geography
- Sassari, an Italian province
[edit] Business and economics
- Sláturfélag Suðurlands, an Icelandic company ("Southern Association of Slaughter")
[edit] Pop culture and music
- Sega Saturn
- Solid Snake, the protagonist of the popular Metal Gear Solid series
- Scissor Sisters, a musical group
- Sesame Street, a long-running children's TV show
- Sonic Shuffle, a video game
- Soprano saxophone, a musical instrument
- Sorcerer's Stone, also known as Philosopher's Stone.
- Soul Society, a place in the anime and manga series Bleach.
- Saint Seiya' an anime series by Masami Kurumada.
- Super Sentai, television franchise.
[edit] Religion
- Saints, often abbreviated "SS" in the plural (e.g. "SS Peter and Paul")
- Sabbath School, part of the weekly Seventh-day Adventist Church service
[edit] Sports
- Survivor Series, an annual WWE wrestling event
- Shortstop, a defensive position in baseball
- Strong Safety, a defensive position in football
- Spirit Squad, a professional wrestling stable
[edit] Other
SS may also refer to:
- The ß ligature (German letter for double "s")
- Stainless steel, a metal alloy
- Sterling silver, a metal alloy
- Surface structure, a level of the mental representation of language in linguistics
- Sea Scout, a member of the Scouting movement, with emphasis on water-based activities
- Settleable solids in wastewater, which contribute to the blocking of sewer pipes.
- Society of Saint-Sulpice, in that the initials "S.S." after a person's name may indicate membership therein
- Solar system, star system around the Sun
- Spread Spectrum, A communications technique (FHSS, DSSS, CDMA), usually used for wireless
- SuperShadow, the internet alias of a controversial Star Wars fan
- Sum of squares, a mathematical equation used in statistics
- Suspended solids, an aspect of water quality.
- SubSpace, a popular space shooter game that proved the viability of Massively Multiplayer games
- Swisher Sweets An American Cigar Company.
- Super Stealth, a Primary Racial Trait in the 4X-type computer game Stars!
- A different way to name an XS clothing size.
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