KGB (bar)
WordNet
noun
(1) Formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From , through phonetic spelling of and acronymization.
Etymology
From the Russian КГБ, through phonetic spelling of Komitét Gosudárstvennoj Bezopásnosti and acronymization.
Proper noun
- KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
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Abbreviation
- KGB n (pronounced Ká Gé Bé)
- non-declinable (i.e., remains the same in all cases)
- KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)