noun
Soyuz
SOY-yooz
noun
1
A Russian (originally Soviet) series of spacecraft and rockets used to carry crews to orbit and to the International Space Station.
"The cosmonauts returned to Earth aboard a Soyuz capsule."
How to Use Soyuz
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe name of Russia's long-running spacecraft and rocket program.
Word Forms
Soyuzes plural
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Etymology
From Russian soyuz, meaning "union."