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sovkhoz

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large, state-owned farm in the Soviet Union.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The average size of a sovkhoz was 15,300 hectares (153 km2), nearly three times the average kolkhoz (5,900 hectares or 59 km2 in 1990.)

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Russian совхо́з (sovxóz), abbreviation of сове́тское хозя́йство (sovétskoje xozjájstvo, “soviet farm”).

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: խորհտնտեսություն (xorhtntesutʻyun) — soviet state farm
  • Azerbaijani: sovhoz — soviet state farm
  • Belarusian: саўга́с (sawhás) — soviet state farm
  • Bulgarian: совхо́з (sovhóz) — soviet state farm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國營農場 /国营农场 (guóyíng nóngchǎng) — soviet state farm
  • Czech: sovchoz — soviet state farm
  • Esperanto: sovĥozo — soviet state farm
  • Estonian: sovhoos — soviet state farm
  • Finnish: sovhoosi — soviet state farm
  • French: sovkhoze — soviet state farm
  • Georgian: საბჭოთა მეურნეობა (sabč̣ota meurneoba) — soviet state farm
  • German: Sowchos — soviet state farm
  • Greek: σοβχόζ (sovchóz) — soviet state farm
  • Hebrew: סובחוז (sovkhóz) — soviet state farm
  • Hungarian: szovhoz — soviet state farm
  • Italian: sovchoz — soviet state farm
  • Japanese: ソフホーズ (sofuhōzu) — soviet state farm
  • Kazakh: совхоз (sovxoz) — soviet state farm
  • Korean: 솝호스 (sophoseu) — soviet state farm
  • Korean: 쏩호즈 (ssophojeu) — soviet state farm
  • Kyrgyz: совхоз (sovhoz) — soviet state farm
  • Latvian: padomju saimniecība — soviet state farm
  • Latvian: sovhozs — soviet state farm
  • Lithuanian: tarybinis ūkis — soviet state farm
  • Lithuanian: sovchozas — soviet state farm
  • Macedonian: совхоз (sovhoz) — soviet state farm
  • Persian: سوخوز (sovxôz) — soviet state farm
  • Polish: sowchoz — soviet state farm
  • Portuguese: sovcoz — soviet state farm
  • Romanian: sovhoz — soviet state farm
  • Russian: совхо́з (sovxóz) — soviet state farm
  • Serbo-Croatian: со̀вхоз — soviet state farm
  • Serbo-Croatian: sòvhoz — soviet state farm
  • Slovak: sovchoz — soviet state farm
  • Slovene: sovhoz — soviet state farm
  • Spanish: sovjós — soviet state farm
  • Tajik: совхоз (sovxoz) — soviet state farm
  • Tatar: совхоз (sovxoz) — soviet state farm
  • Turkish: sovhoz — soviet state farm
  • Turkmen: sowhoz — soviet state farm
  • Ukrainian: радго́сп (radhósp) — soviet state farm
  • Uzbek: sovxoz — soviet state farm
  • Vietnamese: nông trường quốc doanh — soviet state farm