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bo•ra

Pronunciation: (bôr'u, bōr'u), [key]
—n. Meteorol.
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.

Pronunciation: (bôr'u, bōr'u), [key]
—n. Australian.
an initiation rite of the Aborigines in which boys are accepted into the tribe as men.