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Kibbutz

2 stages from Hebrew to English.

Today it means a communal settlement in Israel, traditionally based on agriculture
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Stage 1 of 2
kibbutz
Hebrew · 1900s
"a gathering, a collective community"
literally a gathering, a collective farming community in Israel
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Stage 2 of 2
kibbutz
English · 1930s
"an Israeli collective community, especially a farming settlement"
adopted directly for the communal settlements of early Zionist settlers
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