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bora

[ bawr-uh, bohr-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Meteorology.

(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.

bora

[ bawr-uh, bohr-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Australian.

an Australian Aboriginal initiation rite in which boys are accepted into the tribe as men.

bora

/ ˈ��ɔː��ə /

noun

sometimes capital a violent cold north wind blowing from the mountains to the E coast of the Adriatic, usually in winter

bora

/ ˈ��ɔː��ə /

noun

an initiation ceremony of native Australians, introducing youths to manhood

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bora¹

1860–65; < Upper Italian, variant of Italian borea Boreas ( def )

Origin of bora²

First recorded in 1865–70, bora is from the Kamilaroi word ��ū�� “initiation rite, initiation belt”

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bora¹

C19: from Italian (Venetian dialect), from Latin ��ǰ�ŧ�� the north wind

Origin of bora²

from a native Australian language

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Bora Guccuk, 41, from west London, was cleared of the same charge.

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Jurors heard the pair arranged to meet with jeweller Bora Guccuk, and visited him at his shop in Hatton Garden - London's famous jewellery quarter, negotiating a price for about 5kg of gold.

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Fred Doe was convicted of conspiring to sell the gold, while Bora Guccuk was cleared of the same charge.

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Frederick Doe, 36, from Windsor and 41-year-old Bora Guccuk, from west London, both deny conspiring to transfer criminal property.

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Fred Doe, 36, from Windsor and 41-year-old Bora Guccuk, from west London, both deny conspiring to transfer criminal property.

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