Taiga
[ˈtaɪɡə]Meaning
from Japanese 大 (tai) "big, great" and 雅 (ga) "elegant, refined"
Background Story
Behind the Name gives Taiga as a Japanese name formed from 大 (tai), meaning "big, great", and 雅 (ga), meaning "elegant, refined", and notes that other kanji combinations are also possible. The same word is used in English for the boreal forest, the biome of coniferous woodland that covers much of northern Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia, Russia and northern Japan.
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