SS is an abbreviation for '' Schutzstaffel'', a paramilitary organisation in Nazi Germany. SS, Ss, or similar may also refer to:

Places

* Guangdong Experimental High School (''Sheng Shi'' or ''Saang Sat''), China * Province of Sassari, Italy (vehicle plate code) * South Sudan (ISO 3166-1 code SS) * SS postcode area, UK, around Southend-on-Sea *

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

, Spanish city

Arts, entertainment, and media

* SS (band), an early Japanese hardcore punk band * ''SS'' (manga), a Japanese comic 2000-2003 * SS Entertainment, a Korean entertainment company *''S.S.'', for Sosthenes Smith, H. G. Wells pseudonym for story ''A Vision of the Past'' *SS, the production code for the 1968 ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Wheel in Space'' *'' Sesame Street'', American kids' TV show

Language

Ss (digraph) This is a list of digraphs used in various Latin alphabets. Capitalisation involves only the first letter (''ch'' becomes ''Ch'') unless otherwise stated (''ij'' becomes ''IJ''). Letters with diacritics are arranged in alphabetic order accordin ...

used in Pinyin * ß or ss, a German-language ligature *

switch-reference In linguistics, switch-reference (SR) describes any clause-level morpheme that signals whether certain prominent arguments in 'adjacent' clauses are coreferential. In most cases, it marks whether the subject of the verb in one clause is corefe ...

in linguistics *'' Scilicet'', used as a section sign * (''in the strict sense'') in Latin *

Swazi language The Swazi or siSwati language is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Eswatini and South Africa by the Swati people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 2.4 million. The language is taught in Eswatini and so ...

(ISO 639-1 code "ss")

Science and technology

Stainless steel Stainless steel is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains at least 11% chromium and may contain elements such as carbon, other nonmetals and metals to obtain other desired properties. Stainless steel's corros ...

, sometimes marked SS *Suspended solids and settleable solids, in water

Biology and medicine

*(+)-sabinene synthase, an enzyme *Serotonin syndrome, due to some serotonergic medications *Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease *Sweet's syndrome or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis

Computing

*.ss, top-level domain country code for South Sudan *Screenshot, digital image showing contents of a computer display *Slave select line on a computer data bus *SS register in x86 processor *Super speed USB, or USB 3.0 *ss, in the Unix iproute2 collection

Sports

*Sareen Sports Industries, India *Shortstop, a fielding position in baseball and softball *Special stage (rallying) *Strong safety, a position in American and Canadian football

Transportation

*Corsair International (IATA airline code SS) *Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen, a Dutch railroad *Sand Springs Railway in Oklahoma, US, reporting mark *Staatsspoorwegen, a Dutch East Indies railroad *Stockholms Spårvägar, Swedish transport companies

Ships

*Ship prefix for steamboat *Ship prefix for steamship *Submarine, by US Navy hull classification

Vehicles

*Chevrolet SS, sport sedan *SS Cars Ltd, Jaguar from 1945 *SS class blimp, for anti-submarine warfare *Super Sport (Chevrolet), performance option

Other uses

*Safety stock *Social security *Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice, post-nominal *United States Secret Service