Bora (wind)
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The bora is a northerly to north-easterly katabatic wind in areas near the Adriatic Sea. Similar nomenclature is used for north-eastern winds in other littoral areas of eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea basins.
The bora is a northerly to north-easterly katabatic wind in areas near the Adriatic Sea. Similar nomenclature is used for north-eastern winds in other littoral areas of eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea basins.
Name
It is known in Greek as (mpóra, pronounced bora), Albanian as and Italian as . In English, the name bora is used. The Serbo-Croatian name and Slovene are not etymologically related to bora; they derive from Common Slavic burja 'storm' (from the verb *burĭti), and the meaning 'bora' developed later. The same root as bora is found in the name of the Greek mythological figure of Boreas (Βορέας), and the Modern Greek word for the north wind . Historical linguists speculate that the name may derive from a Proto-Indo-European root *g w orh x - 'mountain', which gave rise to Slavic gora and Sanskrit giri-, both 'mountain'.
See also
Dzungarian Gate Oroshi Santa Ana winds Maserati Bora Volkswagen Bora
References
Sources
Further reading
Hann, Julius. (1903). Handbook of Climatology (Robert DeCourcy Ward, tr.). New York: MacMillan. OCLC 3592809
External links
Local Mediterranean winds Name of Winds The famous winds of Croatia: bura and jugo Il Libro della Bora (In Italian. Eng: The Book of Bora)
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