korpi

Definitions

• a boreal forest type appearing on moist moraine soils, characterized by dense growth of spruce as the dominating tree species and deep layer of moss as undergrowth; acting often as a transition zone between a drier kangas (boreal forest) and various types of suo (swamp)
• a deep forest
• (colloquial) an area remote from dense population; backwoods, backwater, the sticks
• (obsolete) desert