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BOREAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Boreas mean? 

BOREAS (noun)
  The noun BOREAS has 2 senses:

1. a wind that blows from the northplay

2. (Greek mythology) the god who personified the north windplay

  Familiarity information: BOREAS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOREAS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A wind that blows from the north

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

boreas; north wind; norther; northerly

Hypernyms ("boreas" is a kind of...):

air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boreas"):

bise; bize (a dry cold north wind in southeastern France)

mistral (a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter)

tramontana; tramontane (a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean)

Derivation:

boreal (relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind)


Sense 2

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged and draped against the cold

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)


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