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Taiga

//ˈtaɪɡə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A lake in Alaska.
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of Tayga. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.

    "The mountains run from the Arctic Island of Novaya Zemlya southwards, dividing the endless wastes of the Siberian taiga and the steppes from the Russian platform in the west."

Etymology

From Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from South Siberian Turkic (Altai region, for example the Altay or Shor language, cf Khakas: тағ (tağ)), or alternatively Yakut тайга (tayga, “untraversable forest”). Doublet of Tayga.

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