agro-town

noun

ag·​ro-town

ˈa-(ˌ)grō-ˌtau̇n

: a group of collective farms in the U.S.S.R. that operate as a unit

Word History

Etymology

partial translation of Russian agrogorod

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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