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Transhumance: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Transhumance noun. The seasonal moving of herders and their animals between summer and winter pastures.
How to say it
trans-HYOO-muns/trænsˈhjuːməns/
3 syllables, stressed on the second (HYOO).
Transhumance in a sentence
Every June the village empties for the transhumance, as the cows are walked up to the high meadows.
The old drove roads were made for transhumance, not for cars.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- seasonal migration
- droving
Where transhumance comes from
From French, from Latin trans, across, plus humus, ground.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
The old drove roads were made for _____, not for cars.
- transhumance
- exonym
- gazetteer
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transhumance: The old drove roads were made for transhumance, not for cars.