transhumance

Meaning

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

Synonyms

migratory husbandry

Translations

Transhumanz

ترحال رعوي

élevage nomade

Wanderlandwirtschaft

allevamento transumante

pastoreo trashumante

pecuária migratória

tranhumància

transhumància

Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɹænzˈhjuːməns/
Etymology

Borrowed from French transhumance, ultimately from Latin trāns (“across, beyond”) + humus (“ground”).

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