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 The SS postcode area, also known as the Southend-on-Sea postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of seventeen postcode districts in England, within eleven post towns. These cover south-east Essex, including South ...

, 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) SS was a Japanese hardcore punk band. They were most likely the first Japanese band to play punk rock in a high-speed, minimalist hardcore style comparable to that played by US bands such as Black Flag, Middle Class, and Bad Brains, and indeed SS ...

, an early Japanese hardcore punk band * ''SS'' (manga), a Japanese comic 2000-2003 *

SS Entertainment SS Entertainment () was a South Korean record label. It previously represented boy group The Legend, Eun Ji-won and Gilme. History Hip-hop artist and Sechs Kies member Eun Ji-won founded GYM Entertainment in 2009, with singer and rapper Gilm ...

, a Korean entertainment company *''S.S.'', for Sosthenes Smith, H. G. Wells bibliography#All short stories, 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) used in Pinyin *ß or ss, a German-language ligature * switch-reference in linguistics *''Scilicet'', used as a section sign * (''in the strict sense'') in Latin *Swazi language (ISO 639-1 code "ss")

Science and technology

*Stainless steel, 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