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KGB

/keɪ.d͡ʒi.biː/

KGB proper noun: the Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service). Also the initialism of known good board.

Proper noun

the KGB

  1. (historical) The Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service).
    • President Putin's KGB roots have sadly informed a style of governance that is neither reformist nor particularly democratic. The common thread throughout his domestic and foreign policies is his effort to trade on fear -- the fears of Russians that their country is under attack from hostile...2001 January 4, Garry Kasparov, “The Russian President Trades on Fear”, in The Wall Street Journal, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2015, International
    • But in 1967 Treholt's trenchant opposition to the Vietnam War attracted the attention of the KGB.2019 [2018], Ben Macintyre, chapter 4, in The Spy and the Traitor, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 75
  2. The security service of Belarus.

Also used as

KGB is also the initialism of known good board.

KGB meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Arabic

KGB in Hindi

Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union
केजीबी kejībī

KGB in Bengali

Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union
কেজিবি kejibi

KGB in Arabic

Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union
كَي جِي بِي kay jī bī, كَاي جِي بِي kāy jī bī

Forms of KGB

pluralKGBs

Origin of KGB

From Russian КГБ (KGB), acronym of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”).

Questions about KGB

What does KGB mean?
KGB means the Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service).
What is KGB in Hindi?
KGB in Hindi is केजीबी (kejībī). See KGB meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is KGB?
KGB is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce KGB?
KGB is pronounced /keɪ.d͡ʒi.biː/.

Words near KGB in the dictionary

  1. KGA
  2. kgal
  3. Kgalagadi
  4. Kgalakgari
  5. kgals
  6. KGB
  7. KGBer
  8. KGBers
  9. KGBist
  10. KGBists
  11. KGBs

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