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moshav

American  
[moh-shahv] / moʊˈʃɑv /

noun

  • moshavim
    plural
  1. a cooperative community in Israel made up of small farm units.


moshav British  
/ mɔˈʃav /

noun

  1. a cooperative settlement in Israel, consisting of a number of small farms

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of moshav

1930–35; < Mod Hebrew moshav, Hebrew mōshābh dwelling

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Based on a moshav, or collective farm, in central Israel, Mr Sade is the founder of tech firm BloomX.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2023

The book was animated by stories his grandmother had told him about her life on a moshav, or cooperative farming community, in the decades before Israel became an independent state.

From Washington Post Apr. 19, 2023

In 1968 he traveled to Israel to study the moshav, or collective farm, movement.

From New York Times Oct. 15, 2022

The moshav provides 7% of all the eggs consumed in Israel.

From BBC Dec. 28, 2021

Then came a target more to their taste?a bright yellow school bus on its customary morning run, packed with five-to-eight-year-olds from a moshav, or cooperative farm, called Avivim.

From Time Magazine Archive

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