Transhumance can also be an international manifestation of lucid peasants who resist the dictates of the administration.
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Transhumance
//tɹænzˈhjuːməns//
Synonyms for "transhumance"
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22 translations across 16 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 季節性牲畜移動 /季节性牲畜移动 noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
- 季節性遷移放牧 /季节性迁移放牧 noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
- 季節移牧 /季节移牧 noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
- 山牧季移 noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Dutch
1 entries- veetrek noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Finnish
1 entries- laitumenvaihto noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
French
1 entries- transhumance noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
German
1 entries- Wanderweidewirtschaft noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Irish
1 entries- buailteachas noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Italian
1 entries- transumanza noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- koçerî noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bufar noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
- buferd noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Occitan
1 entries- amontanhatge noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Polish
2 entries- przegon noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
- transhumancja noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Portuguese
1 entries- transumância noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Russian
2 entries- отгон скота noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
- перегон скота noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Spanish
1 entries- trashumancia noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Swedish
1 entries- transhumans noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Turkish
1 entries- konargöçerlik noun (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)
Sample sentences
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Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock along migratory routes in the Mediterranean and in the Alps, was recognized as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
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Transhumance is used with animals like sheep and cows, and even with bees.
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There are rites of spring in the mountains, and this week I followed the transhumance, the annual movement of cattle, from their lower valley winter quarters up to the higher pastures.
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