SS (disambiguation)

From Free net encyclopedia

Template:TOCright

SS may mean:

Contents 1 Military 2 History, government, and social sciences 3 Transportation 4 Geography 5 Business and economics 6 Music 7 Religion 8 Sports 9 Other

Military

• Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force
• 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

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
• Stockholm Skins, a neo-nazi organization in Sweden

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
• Swallow Sidecar Company, the former name of the Jaguar automobile company
• Sand Springs Railway, which has the AAR reporting mark "SS"
• Stockholms Spårvägar, the streetcar and bus operating authority in Stockholm, Sweden

Geography

• Sassari, an Italian province

Business and economics

• Sláturfélag Suðurlands, an Icelandic company ("Southern Association of Slaughter")

Music

• Scissor Sisters, a musical group
• Soprano saxophone, a musical instrument

Religion

• Saints, often abbreviated "SS" in the plural (e.g. "SS Peter and Paul")
• Sabbath School, part of the weekly church service of Seventh-day Adventists

Sports

• Shortstop, a defensive position in baseball

Other

SS may also refer to:

• The ß ligature (German letter for double "s")
• Stainless steel, a metal alloy
• Sea Scout, a member of the Scouting movement, with emphasis on water-based activities
• Society of Saint-Sulpice, in that the initials "S.S." after a person's name may indicate membership therein
• Sesame Street, a long-running childrens' TV show
• SuperShadow, the internet alias of a controversial Star Wars fan
• Sonic Shuffle, a video game
• Sum of squares, a mathematical equation used in statistics

Template:Disambig

de:SS (Begriffsklärung) eo:SS fr:SS ko:SS nl:SS ja:SS no:SS sl:SS sv:SS (olika betydelser)