Borah

American  

[bawr-uh, bohr-uh] / ˈbɔr ə, ˈboʊr ə /

noun

1. William Edgar, 1865–1940, U.S. senator from Idaho 1906–40.

2. Mount, Borah Peak.

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Example Sentences

Mae Roos, a senior at Borah High School in Boise, testified against the bill at a Feb. 10 hearing.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2023

I said – I said, “You know, Senator Borah, a famous chairman from the state of Idaho, went down to see I think it was Coolidge, although it could have been Harding.  I’m not sure.”

From MSNBC • Feb. 18, 2016

Sen. William Borah, known for his isolationist views, Shallat said.

From Washington Times • Apr. 22, 2015

"My first game as a child was when we drove what appeared to be the other side of the country," Thompson says, laughing, "to watch McKinley High School take on Borah High School in Boise."

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2012

Vehemently arguing against Dobyns, Denevan, Crosby, Cook, and Borah was David Henige, of the University of Wisconsin, whose book, Numbers from Nowhere, published in 1998, is a landmark in the literature of demographic vilification.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann