OVRA

See also: ovra and ôvra

English

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)

Proper noun

OVRA

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

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