"taiga" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtaɪɡə/ [UK], /taɪˈɡɑː/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-taiga.wav [US] Forms: taigas [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪɡə 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|тайга́}} Russian тайга́ (tajgá), {{der|en|trk|-}} Turkic, {{desc|kjh|тағ}} Khakas: тағ (tağ), {{der|en|sah|тайга||untraversable forest}} Yakut тайга (tayga, “untraversable forest”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} taiga (plural taigas)
  1. A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere. Wikipedia link: taiga, uk:Циганенко Галина Павлівна Categories (place): Asia, Europe, Forests, North America Synonyms: boreal forest, snow forest Derived forms: taiga flycatcher Translations (subarctic zone of coniferous forest): tajga (Albanian), تَايْغَا (tāyḡā) [feminine] (Arabic), taiga (Asturian), taiga (Basque), тайга́ (tajhá) [feminine] (Belarusian), тайга́ (tajgá) [feminine] (Bulgarian), taigà (Catalan), 泰加林 (tàijiālín) (Chinese Mandarin), 北方針葉林 (Chinese Mandarin), 北方针叶林 (běifāng zhēnyèlín) (Chinese Mandarin), тайга (tajga) (Chuvash), tajga [feminine] (Czech), nåleskov (Danish), ойуур (oyuur) (Dolgan), taiga [masculine] (Dutch), tajgo (Esperanto), boreala arbaro (Esperanto), taiga (Estonian), дөмӈэ (dömŋə) (Even), boreaalinen vyöhyke (Finnish), taiga (Finnish), taïga [feminine] (French), taiga (Galician), Taiga [feminine] (German), Borealer Nadelwald (German), τάιγκα (táigka) (Greek), טייגה (tayga) [feminine] (Hebrew), tajga (Hungarian), barrskógabeltið (Icelandic), taigaa (Ingrian), taiga (Interlingua), taiga [feminine] (Italian), タイガ (taiga) (Japanese), тәәһ (tääğ) (Kalmyk), тайга (taiga) (Kazakh), ля̄ммт (leammt) (Kildin Sami), 타이가 (taiga) (Korean), taiga [feminine] (Lithuanian), тајга (tajga) [feminine] (Macedonian), taiga (Malay), дуэнтэ (duente) (Nanai), taiga (Norwegian), boreal barskog (Norwegian), taiga (Norwegian Nynorsk), taiga (Occitan), تایگا (tâygâ) (Persian), tajga [feminine] (Polish), taiga (Portuguese), taiga (Romanian), тайга́ (tajgá) [feminine] (Russian), тајга [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tajga [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tajga [feminine] (Slovak), taiga [feminine] (Spanish), taiga (Swedish), tajga [common-gender] (Swedish), tayga (Turkish), тайга́ (tajhá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), taiga (Vietnamese), тайҕа (tayğa) (Yakut), халыҥ тыа (qalıñ tıa) (Yakut), тыа (tıa) (Yakut)

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      "word": "taiga"
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      "sense": "subarctic zone of coniferous forest",
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      "sense": "subarctic zone of coniferous forest",
      "word": "泰加林"
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      "sense": "subarctic zone of coniferous forest",
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      "word": "北方针叶林"
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      "sense": "subarctic zone of coniferous forest",
      "word": "тайга"
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      "sense": "subarctic zone of coniferous forest",
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      "word": "barrskógabeltið"
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      "sense": "subarctic zone of coniferous forest",
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      "word": "タイガ"
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      "word": "тайга"
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      "word": "타이가"
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      "word": "boreal barskog"
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      "word": "تایگا"
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      "sense": "subarctic zone of coniferous forest",
      "word": "taiga"
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      "sense": "subarctic zone of coniferous forest",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "taiga"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "subarctic zone of coniferous forest",
      "word": "taiga"
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