moshav

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Israeli town or settlement, especially a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah.

Pronunciation

/moʊˈʃɑːv/

Word forms

moshav moshavs moshavim

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מוֹשָׁב (mosháv, “village”, literally “settlement”).

Related words

moshavnik moshav ovdim moshav shitufi
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