south wind
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˌsaʊθ ˈwɪnd/
south wind (plural south winds)
- A wind blowing from the south. [from 10th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
- The watry Southwinde, from the seabord coste / Upblowing, doth disperse the vapour lo'ste, / And poures it selfe forth in a stormy showre [...].
- 2010, Stephen Lee, The Guardian, 10 Dec 2010:
- Snow-melting south winds and rain below 2,400m have marred much of the fantastic early-season base and created off-piste avalanche risk.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
- French: vent du sud
- Portuguese: sulano, sulvento
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