Boreas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Boreas
C14: via Latin from Greek
Example Sentences
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The Aurora Borealis is the scientific name for the Northern Lights, named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek god of the north wind, Boreas.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 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 talked as they wandered idly on and Phaedrus asked, “Is not the place somewhere near here where Boreas is said to have carried off Orithyia from the banks of the Ilissus?”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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