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Boreas

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Gender Masculine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Βορέας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. BO-REH-AS(Classical Greek)
BAWR-ee-əs(English)
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Meaning & History

Means "north wind" in Greek. Boreas was the Greek god of the north wind.

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air, deities, gods, Greek mythology, paintings, storm deities, weather, wind
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Entry updated November 20, 2020

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