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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) yurt
a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.

Etymology: (1885–90; < Russ < Turkic; cf. Turkish yurt home, fatherland)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) yurt
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

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