Boreas

Bo·re·as

B0402500 (bôr′ē-əs)n.1. Greek Mythology The god of the north wind.2. boreas The north wind.

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[Middle English, from Latin Boreās, from Greek, from boreios, coming from the north.]

Boreas

(ˈbɔːrɪəs) n (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the god personifying the north wind[C14: via Latin from Greek]

Bo•re•as

(ˈbɔr i əs, ˈboʊr-)

n. the ancient Greek god of the north wind.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	boreas - a wind that blows from the north north wind, norther, northerlybise, bize - a dry cold north wind in southeastern Francemistral - a strong north wind that blows in France during the wintertramontana, tramontane - a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterraneanair current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
	2.	Boreas - (Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind; "Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged and draped against the cold"Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks