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Soyuz

 [saw-yooz; Russ. suh-yooz]  

So·yuz

   [saw-yooz; Russ. suh-yooz]
noun
one of a series of Soviet spacecraft, carrying one, two, or three cosmonauts, who carried out scientific research and developed rendezvous and docking techniques: still used to ferry crews to Soviet space stations.
Origin:
< Russian Soyúz literally, union
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Soyuz (sɔɪˈjʊz)
 
—n
any of a series of Russian spacecraft used to ferry crew to and from space stations
 
[C20: Russian: union]

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