**I use the Mongol term ger for tents made in Central Asia, now and in the past, as well as those made outside Central Asia in a style close to the original.
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***I use the Russian term yurt (or, yurta, actually of Turkic origin) for all designs that were inspired by the ger, but have drifted, in materials and techinques, far from the original.