Meaning & use
Yurts
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Portable, round tents with a collapsible wooden frame covered in felt or skins, traditionally used by nomadic peoples of Central Asia.
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The family packed their yurts onto camels before moving to new grazing land.
Several campgrounds now rent yurts as a comfortable alternative to traditional tents.
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The word entered English from Russian 'yurta', itself borrowed from Turkic languages, where it originally referred to the dwelling place rather than the structure itself.
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