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Siberian

Siberian

22 5.1
Relating to Siberia, its people, or its land
  • adjective
  • /saɪˈbɪr.i.ən/
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  • The Chukchee, a Paleo-Asiatic people of the Siberian northeast, have a custom of giving dolls to the bride.
  • Siberian tiger
  • Siberian shaman
  • Siberian shamanism

The title in English is something like the prose of the Trans Siberian Railway.

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Examples

  • It's a Siberian custom to resolve disputes.

  • As he approached the edge of the Siberian forest, Bold heard someone call to him from a small hut.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • A lot of Siberian tigers.

  • Only limited studies have been done among Siberian populations; however, these have failed to find the virus.

    Academic text (1993)
  • OK, yes, the Siberian iris are awesome in the landscape.

  • Many Indians do not believe that they crossed the Siberian land bridge to North America.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Today they survive only among the Siberian hunters and reindeer breeders we had come to visit.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Currently, there are approximately 250 Indian, 200 Siberian, and 40 Sumatran tigers in North American zoos.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Tanya and Galia were Siberian, or more properly, Amur tigers (the subspecies Panthera tigris altaica).

    Academic text (2011)
  • The Siberian climate can be extremely harsh, with long winters and short summers.

Compounds

A medium-sized dog with thick fur and erect ears used for pulling sleds

A group of islands in the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia, east of the Laptev Sea

9.9

A small tree that makes tart red apples used to make jam

A small hardy tree that makes sour red apples used for jam

6.8

A fast-growing Asian tree used for wind shelter and city planting

A medium-sized tree with soft bright-green needles that fall in autumn, used for its wood and in gardens

A grass with orange to red grains on long rough spikes grown for animal feed

A large spiny shrub with groups of yellow flowers often planted to block wind or make a hedge

A tall evergreen tree from northern Europe and Asia with long needles that survives very cold winters

A plant that lives for two years or less and has groups of bright orange-yellow flowers at stem ends

Surface Forms

Siberian positive

Morphology

Siberian = Siberia (transparent) = Siberi + an

Adjectival form created from the place name 'Siberia' with the regular suffix '-an', a predictable pattern for place-derived adjectives.

Etymology

Siberian comes from the place name Siberia in Russia, which probably comes from a local Turkic word or a tribe name. That's why Siberian means 'relating to Siberia', its people, culture, or natural places.