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SIBERIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Siberia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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 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)