Cheka

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛkə/
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From the Russian pronunciation of ЧК (ČK), abbreviation of Чрезвыча́йная Коми́ссия (Črezvyčájnaja Komíssija, “extraordinary commission”).

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: НК (NK) — Soviet security organization
• Chinese Mandarin: 契卡 (Qìkǎ) — Soviet security organization
• Czech: Čeka — Soviet security organization
• Danish: Tjeka — Soviet security organization
• Estonian: Tšekaa — Soviet security organization
• Finnish: Tsheka — Soviet security organization
• Finnish: Tšeka — Soviet security organization
• French: Tchéka — Soviet security organization
• Georgian: ჩეკა (čeḳa) — Soviet security organization
• German: Tscheka — Soviet security organization
• Japanese: チェーカー (chēkā) — Soviet security organization
• Korean: 체카 (cheka) — Soviet security organization
• Norwegian: tsjeka — Soviet security organization
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Tsjeka — Soviet security organization
• Polish: Czeka — Soviet security organization
• Russian: ЧК (ČK) — Soviet security organization
• Russian: Чека́ (Čeká) — Soviet security organization
• Russian: ВЧК (VČK) — Soviet security organization
• Swedish: tjeka — Soviet security organization
• Ukrainian: НК (NK) — Soviet security organization
• Yiddish: טשעקאַ (tsheka) — Soviet security organization