how to pronounce союз

/sɐˈjus/

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союз is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of союз in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… тайного общества союз девяти неизвестных …”

meanings of союз

noun:

Conjunction.
Confederation, confederacy.
League.
Union.
Alliance.

name:

Short for the Soyuz spacecraft.
Soviet Union (a former country in Europe and Asia, USSR) (literally, "The Union").

союз frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word союз occurs in russian on average 29.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.