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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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The taiga forest trailed the ice, and then the deciduous trees moved in during this age of climate change. Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022 The North American taiga covers more than 2.3 million square miles, an area larger than the Brazilian Amazon rain forest. John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2022 Most of the taiga in Alaska is left unmolested, at least in the summer months. John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2022 Embedded with us will be a true man of the Russian taiga, wearing camouflage and bearing a rifle and machete. Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 In the great taiga, Russia’s vast subarctic forest, and now in Ukraine, the stories of shatooni rising from apparent death to devour their executioners are not myth. A. Craig Copetas, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2022 When a Russian family was discovered living in the Siberian taiga after 40 years without contact from the outside world, they were astounded by the advances of modern technology, from Sputnik to cellophane. Kelzim, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2022 The common redpoll is about the size of a goldfinch and breeds in the taiga of northern Canada and Alaska and winters in southern Canada and northern U.S. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2022 The company’s pollution has carved a barren landscape of dead and dying trees out of the taiga, or boreal forest, one of the world’s largest carbon sinks. NBC News, 28 Nov. 2021 See More

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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