tundra

  • 31Tundra —    A Russian word of Finno Ugric origin describing arctic hills, the tundra, which dominated Russia’s Far North, is the world’s northernmost terrestrial biome, abutting the Arctic Ocean coast on both the North American and Eurasian continents.… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

  • 32tundra — UK [ˈtʌndrə] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms tundra : singular tundra plural tundras a large flat area of land without trees in very cold northern parts of the world …

    English dictionary

  • 33tundra — noun Etymology: Russian, from Russian dialect (northeast) tundra, tundara, from Kildin Sami (Sami language of the northern Kola Peninsula) tūnter Date: circa 1841 a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 34Tundra — En tundra er en subarktisk strækning, hvor vegetationen hovedsaglig består af mos og lav …

    Danske encyklopædi

  • 35tundra — tùn·dra s.f. CO TS geogr. formazione vegetale tipica delle terre artiche, costituita da muschi, licheni e rari arbusti nani | regione caratterizzata da tale vegetazione {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1895. ETIMO: dal russo tundra, da una voce lapp …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 36Tundra — Tun|dra* die; , ...ren <aus gleichbed. russ. tundra> baumlose Kältesteppe jenseits der arktischen Waldgrenze …

    Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • 37tundra — [[t]tʌ̱ndrə[/t]] tundras N VAR Tundra is one of the large flat areas of land in the north of Europe, Asia, and America. The ground below the top layer of soil is always frozen and no trees grow there …

    English dictionary

  • 38tundra —    (TUN drah) [Russian, from Lapp] A vast, flat, treeless plain of the Arctic regions, where the subsoil is perpetually frozen (permafrost).    In Labrador, she came perilously close to losing her way in a tundra without landmarks …

    Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • 39tundra — tun|dra sb., en, er, erne (moselignende landstrækning i egne med permafrost), i sms. tundra , fx tundravegetation …

    Dansk ordbog

  • 40tundra — {{#}}{{LM T38969}}{{〓}} {{[}}tundra{{]}} ‹tun·dra› {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Terreno abierto y llano que tiene el subsuelo helado y se caracteriza por la ausencia de vegetación arbórea y la abundancia de líquenes y musgos. {{<}}2{{>}}… …

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