Lubyanka
[ loo-byahng-kuh ]
/ luˈbyɑŋ kə /
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noun
a prison and secret-police headquarters in central Moscow.
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Origin of Lubyanka
From the Russian word Lyubyánʾka, named after the adjacent street and square, now Dzerzhinsky Street and Square
Words nearby Lubyanka
lubricious, lubricity, lubricous, lubritorium, Lubumbashi, Lubyanka, Lucan, Lucania, lucarne, Lucas, Lucas van Leyden
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How to use Lubyanka in a sentence
We watch Babel beaten, just before his death, in “Lubyanka Prison, Moscow, 1940.”
Intriguing, Humorous, Even Poetic: Peter Orner’s New Story Collection|Joseph Peschel|August 13, 2013|DAILY BEASTFollowing the superintendent of police and talking loudly the crowd went in the direction of the Lubyanka Street.
War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy