taiga

American  

[tahy-guh, tahy-gah] / ˈtaɪ gə, taɪˈgɑ /

noun

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

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taiga British  

/ ˈtaɪɡə /

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

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taiga Scientific  

/ tī′gə /

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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Etymology

Origin of taiga

First recorded in 1885–90; from Russian taĭgá, from one or more Turkic languages of the Altai Mountain region; compare Altai, Shor tayγa “forest-covered mountain”

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• taiga vs. tundra

Example Sentences

Using a drone, Alexey Kharitonov captures the rapid transition from summer to winter across taiga forests and Arctic tundra.

From BBC

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.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Seattle Times

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

From Seattle Times