OVRA
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
OVRA
- (history) The secret police of Fascist Italy active from 1927 to 1945.