bora
Collocations
3VERB + BORA
admitted, recognized
BORA + NOUN
pattern, youths
PREP.
down, from, in
Definitions
noun
An initiation ceremony for males among the Aboriginal people of New South Wales.
Birribirai, a youth not yet admitted to a bora.
By far the most important among the ceremonies practised by the aborigines of New South Wales is the Bora, at which youths are initiated to manhood...
noun
A cold, often dry, northeasterly wind which blows, sometimes in violent gusts, down from mountains on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It also applies to cold, squally, downslope winds in other parts of the world.
When the bora blew down from the mountains, announcing the winter, would he ride it on out of town?
name
A language spoken in Colombia and Peru.
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4Birribirai, a youth not yet admitted to a bora.
WiktionaryBy far the most important among the ceremonies practised by the aborigines of New South Wales is the Bora, at which youths are initiated to manhood...
WiktionaryWhen the bora blew down from the mountains, announcing the winter, would he ride it on out of town?
WiktionaryMy bora-fake-account-detector-3000-next-gen-deluxe-edition™ has recognized no "bora"-like pattern in his behaviour.
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