bo|ra

bo|ra¹ «BR uh, BOHR-», noun.

a violent, dry, cold, north or northeast wind of the Adriatic and its coasts.

╂[< dialectal Italian (Venetian) for borea < Latin boreās north wind]

bo|ra² «BR uh, BOHR-», noun.

a ceremony of the aborigines of eastern Australia by which a boy is admitted to the rights of manhood.