noun
pl. -·khoz′y a state-owned farm in the Soviet Union
Origin of sovkhoz
Russian sovxoz from sovetskoe xozjajstvo, soviet farmsovkhoz
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sovkhoz
noun
A state-owned farm that paid wages to workers in the former Soviet Union.
Origin of sovkhoz
Russian short for sovetskoe khozyaĭstvo soviet farmTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural sovkhozes)
Origin
From Russian Ñовхоз (sovkhoz), abbreviation of ÑоветÑкое хозÑйÑтво (sovetskoye khozyaystvo, "soviet farm").
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