bora
bora noun: an initiation ceremony for males among the Aboriginal people of New South Wales.
Noun (1)
bora (plural boras)
- An initiation ceremony for males among the Aboriginal people of New South Wales.
- Birribirai, a youth not yet admitted to a bora.1873, William Ridley, “Report on Australian Languages and Traditions”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2
- 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...1885, A. L. P. Cameron, “Notes on some Tribes of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 14
- Synonyms:
- burbung
Noun (2)
bora
- 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?2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 650
Noun (3) capitalized: Bora
Bora pl (plural only)
- An indigenous tribe of the Peruvian, Colombian and Brazilian Amazon.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Bora
Bora
Noun (4) capitalized: Bora
Bora (plural Boras)
- Alternative form of Bohra.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Bora
Bora (plural Boras)
- A surname.
bora meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
bora in Hindi
- बोरा
bora in Marathi
- बोरा
bora in Urdu
- بورا
bora in Bengali
- বোরা
More languagesFewer languages
- bora in Telugu
- బోరా
- bora in Malayalam
- ബോറ, ബോറാ
- bora in Kannada
- ಬೋರಾ, ಬೊರಾ
- bora in Punjabi
- ਬੋਰਾ
- bora in Gujarati
- બોરા
- bora in Odia
- ବୋରା
- bora in Nepali
- बोरा
- bora in Malay
- bora
Synonyms of bora
- burbung
Forms of bora
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | boras |
| alternative form | Bora |
| plural | Boras |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Boras |
Origin of bora
From Gamilaraay būru.
Either from Serbo-Croatian bura (“downslope wind, northeast or ENE wind”), or from a dialectal form of Italian borea (“north wind”) from Latin Boreās.
Various origins: * Borrowed from Assamese বৰা (bora), a surname of unclear origin. * Borrowed from Romanian Bora, a feminine hypocoristic form of the personal name Boris. * Borrowed from Polish Bora, a pet form of Borzyslaw or Bolebor. * Borrowed from Hungarian Bora, a variant of Bara.
Words formed from bora
Phrases with bora
Questions about bora
- What does bora mean?
- Bora means an initiation ceremony for males among the Aboriginal people of New South Wales.
- What is bora in Hindi?
- Bora in Hindi is बोरा. See Bora meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bora?
- Bora can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of bora?
- The plural of bora is boras.
Words near bora in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bora (page history and authors); Bora (page history and authors); bora (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bora (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bora (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bora (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bora (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bora (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bora (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bora (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bora (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bora (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bora (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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