Boreal
noun1
Biology, Geography, Geology, History, Human sciences, Natural sciences, Paleontology, Sciences A subdivision of the Holocene epoch.
boreal
adjalso spelled BorealUK /ˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/ · US /ˈbɔɹi.əl/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin boreālis (“northern”), from Boreās, from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās, “personification of the north wind”).
1
Of, relating to, or coming from the north.
- boreal forests
- Synonyms
- septentrional, northern
- Antonyms
- austral, meridional
- Derived terms
- amphiboreal, antiboreal, arctoboreal, boreal bluet, boreal chickadee, borealization, boreally, boreal owl, boreomontane, boreo-montane, circumboreal, hemiboreal, nonboreal
- Related terms
- oriental, occidental