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Boreal

//ˈbɔːɹɪ.əl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or coming from the north.

    "boreal forests"

Adjective
  1. 1
    comprising or throughout far northern regions wordnet
  2. 2
    toward or located in the north wordnet
  3. 3
    relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A subdivision of the Holocene epoch. uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin boreālis (“northern”), from Boreās, from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās, “personification of the north wind”).

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