boreal

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/
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/ˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/ · /ˈbɔɹi.əl/ · /ˌbɔɹi.ˈæl/

Definition of boreal

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of, relating to, or coming from the north.
    “boreal forests”
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adj

  1. Of, relating to, or coming from the north.
    “boreal forests”

noun

  1. (uncountable)A subdivision of the Holocene epoch.

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Etymology

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

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