| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| transhumance |
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| SYLLABICATION: | trans·hu·mance |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr ns-hy  m ns, trnz- |
| NOUN: | Transfer of livestock from one grazing ground to another, as from lowlands to highlands, with the changing of seasons. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from transhumer, to move livestock seasonally, from Spanish trashumar : Latin tr ns-, trans- + Latin humus, ground; see dhghem- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | trans·humant —ADJECTIVE & NOUN
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