sovkhoz
noun
(in the former U.S.S.R) a state-owned wage-paying farm.
sovkhozes
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pluralof sovkhoz.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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State farms, modeled after the sovkhozes of the Soviet Union, were established beginning in 1945 on lands confiscated from large landowners and foreign concessionaires and contain some of the most productive land in the country.
From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern
