Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek Βορέας (Boreās) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Amphibians expected in the region include the western toad Bufo boreas, and spotted frog Rana pretiosa, while reptiles are not found this far north.”
“There were more than a dozen listed when you arrived, and to these he adds -golden toad, " "Bufo boreas, " -harlequin frog, " -yellow-legged mountain frog, " and "Canadian chorus frog.”
“Professor Agassiz describes it in his _Lake Superior_ as _Esox boreas_.”
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873
“In 1989 composer Andrew Stiller completed a work for soprano and violin titled "mehitabel dances with boreas," which he describes as a "commentary on the homelessness crisis.”
“The great scourge of the Crau is the north-west wind, the _bise_, the black boreas of the ancients, so violent as to roll over the pebbles, and to blow away the roofs of houses, and tear up trees by the roots.”
“Bufo boreas, the western toad, and Pseudacris regilla, the Pacific tree frog.”
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“Good grief, who's running that network, David Duke. boreas Says:”
“It was thought," says Nashe, in his Quaternio, "a kind of solecism, and to savour of effeminacy, for a young gentleman in the flourishing time of his age to creep into a coach, and to shroud himself from wind and weather: our great delight was to out-brave the blustering boreas upon a great horse; to arm and prepare ourselves to go with Mars and Bellona into the field was our sport and pastime; coaches and caroches we left unto them for whom they were first invented, for ladies and gentlemen, and decrepit age and impotent people.”
“Author: EwaKoryzna M2 ship owner routine, go out to xenon sector, blow up stuff, pick up drops, repeat =] Noobing in boreas here, pretty powerful with front 8xPPC, and few on side turrets.”
“M2 ship owner routine, go out to xenon sector, blow up stuff, pick up drops, repeat =] Noobing in boreas here, pretty powerful with front 8xPPC, and few on side turrets.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘boreas’.
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wind names
yet another list like this.
abroholos, alizé, amihan, habagat, barguzin wind, bayamo, bergwind, bise, bora, brickfielder, brisa, brisote and 93 more...
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Naturals
dogtooth violet, adder's-tongue, ribbon fern, breadberry, echinate, stamen, aeolian, boreas, chinook, Eurus, firmament, edentata and 35 more...
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Greek to me
Gordian knot, Proteus, sisyphean, eudemonia, glossolalia, hemorrhage, hamadryad, aphotic, tautogeneity, anthropomorphism, polygamy, polygyny and 37 more...
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Aeolus's Vocabulary
Words concerning or relating to wind, air, sky, or heavens! Anything concerning Aeolus (King of the Winds) will be collected here.
aeromancy, zephyr, favonius, boreas, ether, etesian, empyrean, wind, breeze, gust, cyclone, nor'easter and 18 more...
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kalidas's Words
crepuscular, mellifluous, ephemeral, diaphanous, zeitgeist, geisterfahrer, infinite, eternal, idyllic, azure, reminiscent, oblivion and 521 more...
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winds of the world
local wind names
chinook, foehn, gallego, sirocco, harmattan, fremantle doctor, tramontane, mistral, santa ana, diablo, descuernacabras, dust devil and 119 more...
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When I'm Feeling Windy
wiiiiiiiind
sirocco, zephyr, fiat, tramontana, typhoon, cyclone, hurricane, haboob, khamsin, aajej, africo, alm and 125 more...
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The Names of Winds
Self-explanatory, one hopes.
boreas, chinook, diablo, mistral, santa ana, zephyros, williwaw
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In Gods Name
re, khepera, nut, geb, hathor, seth, horus, min, osiris, anubis, sekhmet, ama-terasu and 104 more...
Tweets
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