Boreas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Boreas
C14: via Latin from Greek
Example Sentences
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Last year, Vattenfall won one of these contracts to build the Norfolk Boreas wind farm at a joint record-low strike price of £37.35 per megawatt hour.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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
“Yes, my lord. But to oppose Boreas, we really need to get our ship out of the harbor.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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