bora
noun
bo·ra ˈbȯr-ə 
: a violent cold northerly wind of the Adriatic
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Back in April of 2018, the Front Range of northern Colorado experienced a significant bora windstorm. 
Allison Chinchar, CNN, 24 Apr. 2022 The cloudy weather has the flora feeling stingy, so the dominant smell is salt air, borne on the Adriatic bora wind. Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2021 Boras, though, generally does not push it in arbitration— Ken Rosenthal, SI.com, 15 May 2017
Allison Chinchar, CNN, 24 Apr. 2022 The cloudy weather has the flora feeling stingy, so the dominant smell is salt air, borne on the Adriatic bora wind. Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2021 Boras, though, generally does not push it in arbitration— Ken Rosenthal, SI.com, 15 May 2017 Word History
Etymology
Italian, from Italian dialect (Trieste), from Latin boreas
First Known Use
1831, in the meaning defined above
- talked around
- talked at
- talked down
- talked down (to)
- talked down to
- talked into
- talked of
- talked oneself out of
- talked oneself out of something
- talked out
- talked out of
- talked out of something
- talked over
- talked round
- talked through
- talked to
- talked up
- talkee-talkee
- talker
- talkers
- talkfest
- talkfests
- talkie
- talkier
- talkies