Definition of Siberian

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Siberia.

Group relationships: Siberia
Generic synonyms: Russian
Specialized synonyms: Chukchi

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Siberia or the Siberians. "The Siberian tundra"
Partainyms: Siberia
Derivative terms: Siberia

Definition of Siberian

1. a. Of or pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all northern Asia and belonging to Russia; as, a Siberian winter.

Definition of Siberian

1. Adjective. From, of or pertaining to Siberia ¹

2. Noun. A person from Siberia. ¹

3. Noun. A domestic cat breed. ¹

4. Noun. A cat of this breed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Siberian

1. Of or pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all northern Asia and belonging to Russia; as, a Siberian winter. A native or inhabitant of Siberia. Siberian crab, a small leguminous tree (Cragana arborescens) with yellow flowers. It is a native of Siberia. Origin: From Siberia, Russ. Sibire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Siberian

siamang
siamangs
siamesed
siameses
siamesing
siameze
siamezed
siamezes
siamezing
siamyl
sib
sibb
sibbens
sibberidge
sibbs
siberian (current term)
sibilance
sibilances
sibilancies
sibilancy
sibilant
sibilant consonant
sibilant rale
sibilant rhonchi
sibilantly
sibilants
sibilate
sibilated
sibilates
sibilating

Literary usage of Siberian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Between the dates recorded in this table the needle has been ^crease in the power of the American as compared to the siberian ..."

2. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"1918/4, post), had taken possession of the Chinese Eastern Railway, and, after the opening of the main Trans-siberian line by the Czechoslovak forces, ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1905)
"This work forms a companion volume to the 'Official Guide to the Great siberian Railway ' (1900), but it brings down the history of the great Asiatic trunk- ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"Short account of the route traversed by the siberian Railway as far as the Amur. ... The bearing of the siberian line on Central and Southern Asia by the ..."

5. Siberia and Central Asia by John Wesley Bookwalter (1899)
"62 Entering the Plains or Steppes of Siberia on the Trans-siberian Railway, One Hundred Miles East of the Ural Mountains 63 Crossing the siberian Steppes, ..."

6. Russia in Asia: A Record and a Study, 1558-1899 by Alexis Sidney Krausse (1900)
"The main siberian highway ran from the mouth of the Ural river across the steppe to Orenburg, and thence, through Petropavlovsk and Omsk, ..."

7. The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, Nathaniel Ogden Booth, Orrin Morehouse Taylor (1905)
"siberian CRAB (i. 2, 3, 4, 6. 7, ю, 13, 14). Origin France (19). Fruit small, decidedly ornamental, borne in clusters. It is three-quarters of an inch to an ..."

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