moshav
[moh-shahv]
- a cooperative community in Israel made up of small farm units.
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Compare kibbutz.
Origin of moshav
1930–35; < Mod Hebrew moshav, Hebrew mōshābh dwelling
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The company, A. B. Planners, won the tender to build the moshav with at a cost of $400 million.
moshav
- a cooperative settlement in Israel, consisting of a number of small farms
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Word Origin for moshav
C20: from Hebrew mōshābh a dwelling
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