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- [tahy-guh, tahy-gah]
- /ˈtaɪ gə, taɪˈgɑ/
- /ˈtaɪgɑː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tahy-guh, tahy-gah]
- /ˈtaɪ gə, taɪˈgɑ/
Definitions of taiga word
- noun taiga the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia. 1
- noun taiga forest in northern regions 1
- noun taiga the coniferous forests extending across much of subarctic North America and Eurasia, bordered by tundra to the north and steppe to the south 0
- noun taiga a type of transitional plant community that is located between the arctic tundra and the boreal coniferous forests, having scattered trees: often it is considered to include the N regions of the boreal forests 0
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Origin of taiga
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
1885-90; < Russian taĭgá < one or more Turkic languages of the Altai Mountain region; compare Altai, Shor tayγa forest-covered mountain
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Parts of speech for Taiga
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
taiga popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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