Nomadic
Nomadic adjective - Traveling from place to place.
Usage example: raised in a nomadic family, she attended half a dozen different high schools
Settled
Settled adjective - Established in a desired position or place; not moving about.
Usage example: settled areas
Both words in one sentence
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This makes her quite a tomboy when compared to the culture of her new tribe, which gave up the nomadic life and settled down a few generations back.
Source: Manga / A Bride's Story - When the Hungarians conquered Moravia, the Hungarians settled in and abandoned most of their nomadic horseback culture and adapted Christianity, but some of their nomadic lifestyle is still seen today in some degrees.
Source: Born in the Saddle -
In Drowtales, there's the Black Sun clan, a nomadic nation of oddly tan-skinned drow who lives on the edges of the underworld's settled lands.
Source: Barbarian Tribe
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