[According to Diez, Venetian, Milanese form of It. borea north wind:—L. Boreas. But cf. Illyrian (Servia, Dalmatia, etc.) bura ‘storm, tempest’ (Bulg. bura, Russ. and OSlav. burya), which may have been confounded with the Ital. in the Adriatic.] A severe north wind that blows in the Upper Adriatic.
1864. V’tess Strangford, E. Shores Adriatic, 263. A violent wind began to blow. ‘The Bora! the Bora!’ resounded on all sides, in tones of terror and dismay.
1883. Athenæum, 6 Jan., 11/1. Capt. Burton left Trieste … too happy to exchange its ferocious bora and distressing scirocco for the … West African coast.
