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transhumance

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for transhumance.

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There's also the farmers who bring their cattle to the summer pastures, though transhumance isn't common these days.

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The seasonal movement of people, with their cattle or other grazing animals, to new pastures which may be quite distant.

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noun

The seasonal movement of people, with their cattle or other grazing animals, to new pastures which may be quite distant.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for transhumance.

noun

The seasonal movement of people, with their cattle or other grazing animals, to new pastures which may be quite distant.

Example sentences

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There's also the farmers who bring their cattle to the summer pastures, though transhumance isn't common these days.

2

At least in Indo-European cultures, which were once reliant solely on agriculture and transhumance, the sun was extremely important.

3

Like, what are the colorectal cancer rates for those people that actively practice transhumance?

4

In an episode of the The Ascent of Man, Jacob Bronowski narrates the seasonal migration (transhumance) of the Bakhtiari tribe of SW Iran.

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The clip itself shows the telenovela can be found in any culture...) Edit: people in the Pontic region traditionally were into (vertical) transhumance instead of transhumanism.

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The pastoral version of this is called transhumance.

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One therefore wonders what the earlier Romanian term for dumplings was, or whether dumplings were commonly eaten at all when the Vlach economy was still centered around transhumance.

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Hunting and transhumance with dogs is also a big thing here, and I’m 99% sure it’s the same stuff I see shepherds giving their dogs.

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A shepherd, for one example, is unlikely to transact on a daily basis, in fact he or she might not see another human being for weeks during summer transhumance.

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There is a reason why transhumance (moving cattle to high places for the summer to eat mountain grass and grow fat on it) has been practised since before civilization.

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With WFH widely accepted, I wonder if transhumance will regain popularity?

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I prefer vertical transhumance; one gets the benefit of both worlds: to be a mossless rolling stone, yet still have one's stuff at each seasonal station.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use transhumance in a sentence?

There's also the farmers who bring their cattle to the summer pastures, though transhumance isn't common these days.

What does transhumance mean?

The seasonal movement of people, with their cattle or other grazing animals, to new pastures which may be quite distant.

What part of speech is transhumance?

transhumance is commonly used as noun.