Cheka

[Michiko]

An organization under the Soviet regime for the investigation of counter-revolutionary activities. It executed many real and alleged enemies of Lenins regime from its formation in 1917 until 1922, when it was replaced by the OGPU.

[Renato]

In [the Soviet Union], the state secret-police organization (1917–[22]), succeeded by the [GPU].

[Jessica]

1 Cheka pronounced [Chayka]:

Russian acronym tɕɛ.ˈka Chrezvychaynaya Komissiya, Extraordinary Commission : first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations. It was created by a decree issued on December 20, 1917, by [Vladimir Lenin].

Swahili verbtɕɛ.ˈka means to laugh. Eg Cheka kidogo = laugh a little

2 Cheka pronounced [Cheeka] or Chika

Filipino word: means gossip

Japanese name f. chi ka: means a thousand summers or a thousand songs

Igbo name m. and f. (Nigeria and Sierra Leone): means God is the greatest/God is great