kolhosp
/kolˈhosp/
kolhosp noun: a collective farm in the former Soviet Union; a kolkhoz.
Noun
kolhosp (plural kolhosps or kolhospy)
- A collective farm in the former Soviet Union; a kolkhoz.
- In a congratulatory telegram to Stalin, the plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, which was held on November 19, 1933, described the consequences of the “shortcomings” of Skrypnik in the following words: “In kolhosps, in agricultural organizations, in a whole...1936, East Europe and Contemporary Russia, volume 1, page 167
- However, state assignments to kolhospy (cooperative collective farms), especially in grain, were so excessive that it was impossible to introduce perennial grasses into the scheme of crop rotation.1949, Hryhory Makhiv, “Agricultural Science in Ukraine: The Reminiscences of a Ukrainian Scholar”, in The Ukrainian Quarterly, volume 5, New York: Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, page 57
Forms of kolhosp
| plural | kolhosps |
|---|---|
| plural | kolhospy |
Origin of kolhosp
From Ukrainian колго́сп m (kolhósp), plural колго́спи pl (kolhóspy), contraction of Ukrainian колекти́вне господа́рство n (kolektývne hospodárstvo, “collective farm”).
Questions about kolhosp
- What does kolhosp mean?
- Kolhosp means a collective farm in the former Soviet Union; a kolkhoz.
- What part of speech is kolhosp?
- Kolhosp is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kolhosp?
- Kolhosp is pronounced /kolˈhosp/.
- What is the plural of kolhosp?
- The plural of kolhosp is kolhosps.
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