Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A violent windstorm of the Eurasian steppes, accompanied in summer by dust and in winter by snow.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A snowstorm; especially, a long-continued snowstorm, accompanied by high winds.
Etymologies
- Russian, probably from Tatar. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In Round No. 1 -- in which participants misspelled the words buran, shaman, peruse, suture, buffoon, gainsay, copious and marshal -- David Burnett from Melrose Elementary School was reinstated for using an alternate spelling of the word marshal.”
“BOAT ME lalushka for Philippine Blog Awards purihin nyo ako love love me love me (Idol kita Reyns hehehe look at me, ADD at walang tarbahu lols) reply on September 23, 2008: alam mo! leche ka talaga! pede ka namang mag-iwan nang pagkain dun! sa totoo lang! puro na lang tira-tira ang pinapakain nyo saken lately, taz bubub-buran mo pa nang bwisit na ajinomoto! sa totoo lang no! ba't mo ko hinihilo? grrrr! intayin mo ako sa DC! leche ka, i'm leaving mga 7am, balik ako sa Philly nang gabi! drive ang lola, samahan mo ako!!!!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘buran’.
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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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WWF WTF?
Ever play "Words With Friends" with someone and they throw down some strange, unlikely group of letters that makes even the most mild and squeaky clean tongued person say "whiskey tango foxtrot"? ...
oorie, sangar, merl, cwm, doum, weir, jura, invar, lawine, tapa, waw, shog and 376 more...
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Words for ice and snow
Environmental Ice and Snow
(excluding all the food ice)ice, icicle, frazil, frasil, sleet, slush, snow, flurry, snowfall, freeze, flash-freeze, quick-freeze and 618 more...
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Flying Into Snow
Snow-related words.
I love snow. Send me as much as you can.snow, flake, flurry, sastruga, slush, powder, blizzard, snowman, whiteout, sleet, sneg, salju and 75 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for buran.
reesetee *snort* Apr 16, 2009
chained_bear Yeah, and I love their song "Hungry Like the Wolf"! Apr 15, 2009
bilby Russian - Буран, snowstorm or blizzard.
Wikipedia will give you numerous options including a line of watches, a cruise missile, a Persian sovereign, an eavesdropping device and an African tribe. Oh, and a space shuttle. Apr 15, 2009