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people's communes

people's communes is the plural of people's commune.

Meaning of people's commune

Noun

people's commune (plural people's communes)

  1. An administrative level in rural areas of the People's Republic of China from 1958 to 1983.
    • A scene from China’s great drought of 1960. Members of the Sanhsiang people's commune in Yiyang County form a "bucket brigade" to bring water from the Lo River, reduced to a trickle.
      China Reconstructs (Peiping), November 19601961 May [1961 January 22], “China: Re-educating Capitalists”, in East Europe, A Monthly Review of East European Affairs, volume 10, number 5, New York: Free Europe Committee, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14...

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What is people's communes the plural of?
People's communes is the plural of people's commune.

Words near people's communes in the dictionary

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