English Explanatory Dictionary

OVRA

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

OVRA

Etymology

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).

Related words

Gestapo Kenpeitai
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