Boreas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Boreas
C14: via Latin from Greek
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Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has announced it is to shut down development of the Norfolk Boreas site, off the Norfolk coast.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2023
He called spring “battle of the equinox,” when Boreas, Greek god of the north wind, and Notus, of the south, fought for supremacy and kept the sea in constant turmoil.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2017
That name was Hyperborea: the region beyond the kingdom of Boreas, god of the north wind.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 17, 2017
The focus now is on the 20,500-acre Boreas Ponds tract, purchased by the state last month.
From Washington Times ● May 7, 2016
They’d initially welcomed the Argo II, since any enemy of Boreas was a friend of the South Wind, but they seemed to have forgotten that the demigods were their guests.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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