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tundra†
[< Russian < Finno-Ugric; cf. Lapp tundar hill]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the inhospitable tundra, of northern Canada.
Quotations
1900
[From the hunter's point of view "Caribou-land" would be an exceedingly apt name for the tundri of Greater Canada.]
1909
On velvet tundra, or virgin peak, by glacier, drift or draw. . . .
1939
To catch the strains of this music in the brooding stillness of the tundras, saturated with the mellow radiance of the midnight sun, is a rare and delightful experience.
1965
In many regions of both the taiga and tundra, the granite hills of Pre-Cambrian rock dominate the landscape. . . .