Taiga

//ˈtaɪɡə// name, noun

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Definitions

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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A lake in Alaska.
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of Tayga. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

All synonyms
bogboreal forestbottombottomlandevergladeglade

Example

More examples

"He noticed a deer in the taiga."

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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