SS (disambiguation)

SS is an abbreviation for Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron), a paramilitary organisation in Nazi Germany.

SS, Ss, or similar may also refer to:

Places

 * American Samoa, former two-letter NATO code
 * 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, UK, around Southend-on-Sea
 * San Sebastián, Spanish city

Arts, entertainment, and media

 * SS (band), an early Japanese hardcore punk band
 * SS (manga), a Japanese comic 2000-2003
 * SS Entertainment, a Korean entertainment company
 * S.S., for Sosthenes Smith, 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

Language

 * Ss (digraph) used in Pinyin
 * ß or ss, a German-language ligature
 * switch-reference in linguistics
 * Scilicet, used as a section sign
 * sensu stricto (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

Meteorology

 * Subtropical storm, a category of subtropical cyclone.

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, a sports sedan
 * Chevrolet SS (concept car), a concept car
 * SS Cars Ltd, Jaguar from 1945
 * SS class blimp, for anti-submarine warfare
 * Super Sport (Chevrolet), performance option
 * SS (New York City Subway service), a former designation for the shuttles of the New York City Subway
 * Eagle SS, a kit car

Other uses

 * Collar of Esses, a form of livery collar formerly known as a "Collar of SS"
 * Safety stock, hedge against stockouts
 * Social security
 * Sea Scout
 * Sanctioned Suicide, an internet forum for suicide discussion
 * Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice, post-nominal
 * United States Secret Service (founded in 1865)
 * Waffen-SS, a combat unit (1933-1945) related to the Schutzstaffel
 * Shiv Sena, a political party in India
 * Saints