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mo⋅shav

[moh-shahv]
–noun, plural mo⋅sha⋅vim [moh-shah-veem] .
a cooperative community in Israel made up of small farm units.
Compare kibbutz.


Origin:
1930–35; < Mod Heb moshav, Heb mōshābh dwelling
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mo·shav   (mō-shäv')   
n.   pl. mo·sha·vim (mō'shä-vem')
An Israeli cooperative settlement consisting of small separate farms.

[Modern Hebrew môšāb, from Hebrew, dwelling, from yāšab, to sit, dwell; see wṯb in Semitic roots.]
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