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# siberian

«siberian» in Mova's school dictionary: **from or about Siberia, the huge, very cold northern part…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (Siberian); noun (a Siberian, Siberians)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Siberian means from or about Siberia, the huge, very cold northern part of Russia that stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siberian/#m1)

2) Siberian is also used in the names of animals and plants from there: Siberian tiger, Siberian husky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siberian/#m2)

3) (informal) Siberian can mean extremely cold: a Siberian wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siberian/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, Siberia has the taiga (huge pine forests), the tundra, Lake Baikal (the deepest lake in the world) and some of the coldest towns where people live. In science, the Siberian tiger is the largest cat and is endangered; Siberian huskies pull sleds. In history, Siberia was where Russian rulers sent prisoners. In UK weather news, a «Siberian blast» is freezing air from the east. Phrases: «Siberian tiger», «Siberian husky», «Siberian winter», «the Beast from the East».

### examples

- The Siberian tiger is the biggest cat in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siberian/#x1)
- Our neighbours have a Siberian husky with blue eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siberian/#x2)
- Siberian winters can reach minus fifty degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siberian/#x3)
- Lake Baikal is in southern Siberia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siberian/#x4)
- A Siberian wind made the playground freezing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siberian/#x5)
- Siberian forests are full of pine and birch trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siberian/#x6)

### note

Capital S. Siberia is part of Russia, not a separate country. The Siberian tiger is also called the Amur tiger. Maths: Siberian temperatures are negative numbers — minus 50 is colder than minus 30.

### In the corpora

- [Siberian peoples such as the Khanty, Evenks and Yakuts lost land, and many died from new diseases and violence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew/7/)
- [Some fossils keep soft parts: insects trapped in amber, and woolly mammoths frozen in Siberian ice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/57-fossils/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «siberian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siberian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.