Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sovnarkhoz

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sov-narkhoz
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the regional economic councils of the Soviet Union, which were created in 1957.

Etymology

From Russian совнархо́з (sovnarxóz), abbreviation of сове́т наро́дного хозя́йства (sovét naródnovo xozjájstva).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: совнархо́з

Inflected Forms

sovnarkhozes (plural) sovnarkhozy (plural)

Questions

What does sovnarkhoz mean?: Any of the regional economic councils of the Soviet Union, which were created in 1957.
Where does sovnarkhoz come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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