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tundra † [< Russian < Finno-Ugric; cf. Lapp tundar hill] 
n. the inhospitable tundra, of northern Canada.
See also: Barren Ground(s) tundra lands
- 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. . . .
- 1900 [From the hunter's point of view "Caribou-land" would be an exceedingly apt name for the tundri of Greater Canada.]