bora

UK: /ˈbɔːrə/ US: (bôr′ə, bōr′ə)

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bo•ra¹  (bôr′ə, bōr′ə), n. [Meteorol.]

1. (on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.

• Upper Italian, variant of Italian borea boreas
• 1860–65

bo•ra²  (bôr′ə, bōr′ə), n. [Australian.]

1. Anthropology, British Terms an initiation rite of the Aborigines in which boys are accepted into the tribe as men.

• Kamilaroi būru initiation rite, initiation belt
• 1865–70

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bora / ˈbɔːrə/ noun

1. (sometimes capital) a violent cold north wind blowing from the mountains to the E coast of the Adriatic, usually in winter

Etymology: 19th Century: from Italian (Venetian dialect), from Latin boreas the north wind

bora / ˈbɔːrə/ noun

1. an initiation ceremony of native Australians, introducing youths to manhood

Etymology: from a native Australian language