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: a circular domed tent of skins or felt stretched over a collapsible lattice framework and used by pastoral peoples of inner Asia
also
: a structure that resembles a yurt usually in size and design
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What to pack for a winter cabin or yurt stay
Staying in a cabin or yurt in winter is a hybrid between glamping and traditional camping in a tent.
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Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 9 Dec. 2025
The couple claimed the company offered them a smaller yurt to use, but that wouldn’t have fit half of their 180 guests for the nuptials.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
At night, a heated viewing yurt will await you just outside town.
—Marc Telio, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
For unique lodging in the area, the yurts at Hébergement aux Cinq Sens are located in Piopolis, on ancestral Native land.
—Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
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Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 9 Dec. 2025
The couple claimed the company offered them a smaller yurt to use, but that wouldn’t have fit half of their 180 guests for the nuptials.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
At night, a heated viewing yurt will await you just outside town.
—Marc Telio, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
For unique lodging in the area, the yurts at Hébergement aux Cinq Sens are located in Piopolis, on ancestral Native land.
—Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Yurt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yurt. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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yurt
noun
: a light round tent of skins or felt used by nomads in central Asia
Etymology
from Russian yurta "a domed tent, yurt"; of Turkish origin
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