A sudden, violent wind or storm, particularly in Mediterranean regions; a variant of the bora wind.
From Italian/Spanish 'borasca' derived from 'bora.' The -sca suffix suggests intensity or a more violent manifestation of the wind phenomenon.
Medieval Mediterranean sailors feared the borasca so much that they developed specific hand signals to warn other ships when one approached—the word itself became synonymous with danger!
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