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kibbutzim

[ki-boots, -boots] Origin

kib·butz

[ki-boots, -boots]
noun, plural -but·zim [-boot-seem] .
(in Israel) a community settlement, usually agricultural, organized under collectivist principles.

Origin:
1930–35; < Modern Hebrew kibuṣ; compare Hebrew qibbūṣ gathering

kibbutz, kibitz.
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kibbutz
"Israeli collective settlement," 1931, from mod. Heb. qibbus "gathering," from Heb. "a gathering together," from root of qibbes "he gathered together." Plural is kibbutzim.
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Cultural Dictionary
kibbutz [(ki-boots)]

plur. kibbutzim (ki-boot-seem)

A communal farm or settlement in Israel. Kibbutzim have helped build national spirit in Israel, and the residents have transformed barren land into fertile, crop-producing land.

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