encampments in English

noun
1
a place with temporary accommodations consisting of huts or tents, typically for troops or nomads.
They have remained committed for over a decade, despite the permanent encampment of 20,000 troops surrounding them.
synonyms:campmilitary campbivouaccantonmentcampsitecamping groundtents
noun

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1. There are mining encampments south of us on the river.

2. One regulation regarding military encampments required that excrement be buried outside the camp.

3. Swindon is suffering a plague of illegal encampments, although some gypsies are more considerate than others.

4. Many people are living in encampments around the city with no electricity or running water.

5. The Lenape did not live in fixed encampments but moved seasonally, using slash and burn agriculture.

6. Synonyms for Bivouacs include camps, campgrounds, campsites, encampments, hutments, awnings, shelters, tents, camping grounds and trailer parks

7. The book of Numbers recounts the itinerary of the Israelites throughout the 40 years of their wanderings and encampments around the sacred tabernacle.

8. 29 But for the rest the similarity in the descriptions of station encampments shows a remarkable continuity between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

9. Ahab Attacks the Arameans - A little while later, King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered an army of cavalry and chariots in a military confederacy with 32 kings, invaded Samaria, and set up siege encampments there