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kibbutz

[ki-boots, -boots]

noun

plural

kibbutzim 
  1. (in Israel) a community settlement, usually agricultural, organized under collectivist principles.



kibbutz

/ ɪˈʊٲ /

noun

  1. a collective agricultural settlement in modern Israel, owned and administered communally by its members and on which children are reared collectively

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kibbutz

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of kibbutz1

1930–35; < Modern Hebrew 쾱ṣ; compare Hebrew 羱ūṣ gathering
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kibbutz1

C20: from Modern Hebrew 羱ū: gathering, from Hebrew 羱ūٳ
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The couple were killed at the same kibbutz and their bodies were also held by the Mujahideen Brigades, according to the IDF.

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She lived in a kibbutz in Israel when she was younger.

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We went to Gil Alexander's home in a kibbutz inside Israel that overlooks the Valley.

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"I'm a simple man. I'm running the bar in the kibbutz in Nir Oz, where I lived. And now, I'm here with President Trump, who is running the world."

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The family were taken along with the father, Yarden, from kibbutz Nir Oz when hundreds of Hamas gunmen burst through the border with Israel and attacked communities, security forces sites and a music festival.

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