Boreas

American  

[bawr-ee-uhs, bohr-] / ˈbɔr i əs, ˈboʊr- /

noun

1. the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.

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Boreas British  

/ ˈbɔːrɪəs /

noun

1. Greek myth the god personifying the north wind

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Etymology

Origin of Boreas

C14: via Latin from Greek

Example Sentences

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

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