NOUN | person | Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria | Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin |
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Sounds | beh'riyah | |
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Rhymes | Abyssinia ... zinnia: 217 rhymes with iyah... |
Meaning | Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin; was executed by his associates in the power struggle following Stalin's death (1899-1953). | |
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Synonym | Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria | |
Instance of | captain, police captain, police chief | A policeman in charge of a precinct |
Spanish | Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria | |
Catalan | Beria |
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