katun
- noun
- Old photographs show a cluster of wooden huts forming a traditional katun in the Balkans.
Examples
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During the summer, families would live in the katun while tending their sheep.
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The shepherds built a simple katun each spring high in the mountains.
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The shepherds moved to the katun for the summer.
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Many families spend the summer in a katun.
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Every spring, the shepherds return to their katun in the mountains to graze their animals.
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In the highlands, a katun provides a temporary home for shepherds during the grazing season.
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The children played freely outside the wooden huts in their family's katun throughout the summer.
Synonyms
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An enclosed area where people keep cattle or live in huts in southern Africa
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A small traditional mountain village in the Caucasus or Central Asia
How Seasonal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Katun as a seasonal mountain settlement takes its name from the same local words, such as Albanian katund, meaning 'small village' or 'hamlet'. So think of a summer 'camp' high in the mountains where shepherd families stay while they tend their sheep.