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SIBERIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Siberia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Siberian" is a kind of...):
Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Siberian"):
Chukchi (a member of an indigenous people living on the Chukchi Peninsula)
Holonyms ("Siberian" is a member of...):
Siberia (a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters)
Derivation:
Siberian (of or relating to or characteristic of Siberia or the Siberians)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Siberia or the Siberians
Example:
the Siberian tundra
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Siberia (a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters)
Derivation:
Siberia (a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters)
Siberian (a native or inhabitant of Siberia)
Context examples:
The discovery shows the Ancient North Siberians endured extreme conditions in the region 31,000 years ago and survived by hunting woolly mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, and bison.
(DNA from 31,000-year-old milk teeth leads to discovery of new group of ancient Siberians, University of Cambridge)
Scientists found the Ancient North Siberians generated the mosaic genetic make-up of contemporary people who inhabit a vast area across northern Eurasia and the Americas – providing the ‘missing link’ of understanding the genetics of Native American ancestry.
(DNA from 31,000-year-old milk teeth leads to discovery of new group of ancient Siberians, University of Cambridge)
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