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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A circular, domed, portable tent used by nomadic peoples of central Asia.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. One of the houses or huts, whether permanent or movable, of the natives of northern and central Asia. Also yourta, yourte, jurt.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A large, round semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and conical roof usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing

Etymologies

  1. From Russian юрта (júrta), from a Turkic language, related to Turkish yurt, "home, homeland". (Wiktionary)
  2. Russian yurta, of Turkic origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • bilby Snap! The Christ Church Cathedral in my town is a yurt, most definitely. Aug 15, 2008

  • milosrdenstvi I've had a lot of fun comparing ugly modern church buildings to yurts. The resemblance is really quite striking. Aug 15, 2008

  • john Yurts! I forgot about yurts. In the early 90s I lived in yurt for a few months, in Bowdoinham Maine. Dec 10, 2006

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‘yurt’ has been looked up 3519 times, added to 33 lists, commented on 3 times, and has a Scrabble score of 7.