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taiga

[ tahy-guh, tahy-gah ]

noun

  1. the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.


taiga

/ ˈٲɪɡə /

noun

  1. the coniferous forests extending across much of subarctic North America and Eurasia, bordered by tundra to the north and steppe to the south
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

taiga

/ īə /

  1. A forest located in the Earth's far northern regions, consisting mainly of cone-bearing evergreens, such as firs, pines, and spruces, and some deciduous trees, such as larches, birches, and aspens. The taiga is found just south of the tundra.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of taiga1

First recorded in 1885–90; from Russian ٲĭá, from one or more Turkic languages of the Altai Mountain region; compare Altai, Shor ٲγ “forest-covered mountain”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of taiga1

from Russian, of Turkic origin; compare Turkish 岹ǧ mountain
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Example Sentences

Back when he was in this cage, a human being looking back in at the large bird, thousands of miles from the taiga and rocky steppes of Europe and Asia and North Africa where its kind evolved, might say he looked bored.

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Exclusive to this location is a Taiga Takahashi shop-in-shop inspired by traditional Japanese inns.

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Northern Data has also been mulling an initial public offering of its cloud computing unit Taiga since it unveiled a financing package to buy more chips and boost its generative AI offerings.

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Taiga Semikawa, a 23-year-old from Japan playing on a sponsor exemption, also finished at 18 after a 64.

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Taiga Semikawa, a 23-year-old from Japan playing on a sponsor exemption, settled for 64 after a three-putt par on the par-5 18th just before a rain-delayed round with preferred lies was suspended by darkness with nine players on the course.

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