From my Funk & Wagnals standard college dictionary:

Boreas: In greek mythology, the north wind.
Boreal: Pertaining to the north or the north wind.
Boreal: Describing a subdvision of the holarctic region, including the
great belt of coniferous forests extending from New England to Alaska.

Peter Egerton



At 07:06 PM 11/28/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Those who are already hip to it,
>
>What's the derivation of Boreal, as in Boreal province? Every other province
>has some discernible location indicated in its name. Maybe Ross Mayhew was
>dreaming he was in Bora Bora and influenced the naming?
>
>David Kirsh
>Durham, NC
>
>
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