Borean

Borean

1. Hypothetical linguistic macrofamily that encompasses almost all language families worldwide except those native to sub-Saharan Africa, New Guinea, Australia, and the Andaman Islands.

• Boreal
• Boraelan

• Barone, aborne, bear on, borane

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• IPA^(key): /bo.reˈan/
• Rhymes: -an

Borean m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Stefano Ravara (2015–2026), Mappa dei Cognomi‎^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔ.re.aːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔː.re.an]

Boreān

1. accusative singular of Boreās