English Explanatory Dictionary

sovkhoz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large, state-owned farm in the Soviet Union.

Word forms

sovkhoz sovkhozes sovkhozy

Etymology

From Russian совхо́з (sovxóz), abbreviation of сове́тское хозя́йство (sovétskoje xozjájstvo, “soviet farm”).

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