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OVRA

OVRA proper noun: the secret police of Fascist Italy active from 1927 to 1945.

Proper noun

OVRA

  1. The secret police of Fascist Italy active from 1927 to 1945.

Origin of OVRA

Borrowed from Italian OVRA with unknown full form. Speculated by some as initialism of Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo (Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism).

Questions about OVRA

What does OVRA mean?
OVRA means the secret police of Fascist Italy active from 1927 to 1945.
What part of speech is OVRA?
OVRA is a proper noun.

Words near OVRA in the dictionary

  1. ovoviviparous
  2. ovoviviparously
  3. ovoviviparousness
  4. ovovivipary
  5. OVP
  6. OVRA
  7. Ovruch
  8. OVS
  9. Ovshinsky
  10. Ovsiankina effect
  11. Ovsiankina effects

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