taiga

noun

tai·​ga ˈtī-gə How to pronounce taiga (audio)
: a moist subarctic forest dominated by conifers (such as spruce and fir) that begins where the tundra ends

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Thanks to a robust energy industry and modern HVAC systems, there are bustling cities all the way from arid deserts to the frigid taiga. Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024 The taiga’s pulse of winter freeze and summer thaw grinds rock into dust, as do the rasp-tongues of glaciers high in some mountains. Krista Stevens, Longreads, 2 May 2024 Embedded with us will be a true man of the Russian taiga, wearing camouflage and bearing a rifle and machete. Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2022 Sitting at the edge of the Arctic, on the banks of the Great Slave Lake, and surrounded by wild taiga, the city of 20,000 came into being when gold was discovered there in the 1930s. National Geographic, 17 Nov. 2020 See all Example Sentences for taiga 

Word History

Etymology

Russian taĭga

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of taiga was in 1888

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“Taiga.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taiga. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

taiga

noun
tai·​ga ˈtī-gə How to pronounce taiga (audio)
: a moist northern forest that consists mostly of cone-producing trees (as pines, spruces, and firs) and begins where the tundra ends
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