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
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
The other analyst, Lewis Boreas Fan, was sanctioned for trying to arrange investment banking business from Chinese companies he covered.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2012
“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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