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Boreas

Boreas

1 9.9
A Greek god who is the north wind
  • proper noun
  • /ˈbɔːriəs/
translation icon : Boreas
  • According to legends, Boreas chased the nymph Oreithyia and took her as his wife.
  • Boreas, the North
  • Boreas, the North Wind
  • sons of Boreas

Examples

  • Ollie left a bad taste in my mouth, and he's probably more of a product of Boreas than anything else.

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  • It was Hour 3 of Mr. Cuomo's field trip with members of his cabinet and the news media to the Boreas Ponds.

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  • The Boreas-1 well is part of a campaign to prove up gas resources that could feed an expansion of Conoco's existing Darwin LNG project.

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  • In Greek mythology, Boreas is known as the god who personified the north wind.

  • The ancient Greeks believed that Boreas brought winter's chill with his icy breath.

Compounds

Bufo boreas
  • Specialized
9.9

A toad that lives in western North America from southern Alaska to Baja California

Surface Forms

Boreas main

Etymology

Boreas comes from the Greek name for the strong 'north' wind and in myths he is the god who blows cold air from the north. So when stories say Boreas, they mean the person who brings icy winds.