Boreal vs. Septentrional

Borealadjective

Of, relating to, or coming from the north.

Borealadjective

Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast.

Borealadjective

Designating or pertaining to a terrestrial division consisting of the northern and mountainous parts of both the Old and the New World; - equivalent to the Holarctic region exclusive of the Transition, Sonoran, and corresponding areas. The term is used by American authors and applied by them chiefly to the Nearctic subregion. The Boreal region includes approximately all of North and Central America in which the mean temperature of the hottest season does not exceed 18° C. (= 64.4° F.). Its subdivisions are the Arctic zone and Boreal zone, the latter including the area between the Arctic and Transition zones.

Borealadjective

relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind

Borealadjective

toward or located in the north;

Borealadjective

comprising or throughout far northern regions

Septentrionaladjective

Pertaining to the north; northern.

Septentrional

Septentrional, meaning , is a Latinate adjective sometimes used in English. It is a form of the Latin noun septentriones, which refers to the seven stars of the Plough (Big Dipper), occasionally called the Septentrion.