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kibbutzim - 2 dictionary results

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; < ModHeb kibuṣ; cf. Heb qibbūṣ gathering
kib·butz   (kĭ-bŏŏts', -bōōts')   
n.   pl. kib·but·zim (kĭb'ŏŏt-sēm', -ōōt-)
A collective farm or settlement in modern Israel.

[Hebrew qibbûṣ, gathering, from qibbēṣ, derived stem of qābaṣ, to gather; see qb in Semitic roots.]
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