Schutzstaffel
The ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS; also stylized as ''ᛋᛋ'' with Armanen runes; ; "Protection Squadron") was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe duri ...
'', a paramilitary organisation in Nazi Germany.
SS, Ss, or similar may also refer to:
Places
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Guangdong Experimental High School
Guangdong Experimental High School () is a Public High School in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. It is regarded as one of the six best high schools in the city, and it is one of the two high schools directly administe ...
(''Sheng Shi'' or ''Saang Sat''), China
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Province of Sassari
The province of Sassari ( it, provincia di Sassari, sc, provìntzia de Tàtari, sdc, prubìnzia di Sàssari, ca, província de Sàsser, french: province de Sassari, co, pruvincia di Sassari) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sa ...
, Italy (vehicle plate code)
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South Sudan
South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the ...
(ISO 3166-1 code SS)
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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, Spanish city
Arts, entertainment, and media
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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 S ...
, an early Japanese hardcore punk band
* ''SS'' (manga), a Japanese comic 2000-2003
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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 Gil ...
, a Korean entertainment company
*''S.S.'', for Sosthenes Smith,
The Wheel in Space
''The Wheel in Space'' is the mostly missing seventh and final serial of the fifth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in six weekly parts from 27 April to 1 June 1968.
In this seria ...
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Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) ...
Scilicet
The abbreviation ''viz.'' (or ''viz'' without a full stop) is short for the Latin , which itself is a contraction of the Latin phrase ''videre licet'', meaning "it is permitted to see". It is used as a synonym for "namely", "that is to say", "to ...
'', 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