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bergwind

bergwind noun: a hot dry wind blowing from the mountainous interior to the coast.

Noun

bergwind (plural bergwinds)

  1. (South Africa) A hot dry wind blowing from the mountainous interior to the coast.

Forms of bergwind

pluralbergwinds

Origin of bergwind

Borrowed from Afrikaans bergwind (“mountain wind”), from Dutch bergwind, equivalent to berg + wind.

Questions about bergwind

What does bergwind mean?
Bergwind means a hot dry wind blowing from the mountainous interior to the coast.
What part of speech is bergwind?
Bergwind is a noun.
What is the plural of bergwind?
The plural of bergwind is bergwinds.

Words near bergwind in the dictionary

  1. Bergstrom
  2. Bergstroms
  3. Berguedà
  4. Bergum
  5. Bergums
  6. bergwind
  7. bergwinds
  8. bergy
  9. bergy bit
  10. bergy bits
  11. bergylt

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