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Catatumbo lightning

Catatumbo lightning noun: an atmospheric phenomenon over and around Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, involving very frequent and numerous lightning flashes, typically over a boggy area where the Catatumbo River flows into the lake.

Noun

Catatumbo lightning (uncountable)

  1. An atmospheric phenomenon over and around Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, involving very frequent and numerous lightning flashes, typically over a boggy area where the Catatumbo River flows into the lake.

Questions about Catatumbo lightning

What does Catatumbo lightning mean?
Catatumbo lightning means an atmospheric phenomenon over and around Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, involving very frequent and numerous lightning flashes, typically over a boggy area where the Catatumbo River flows into the lake.
What part of speech is Catatumbo lightning?
Catatumbo lightning is a noun.

Words near Catatumbo lightning in the dictionary

  1. catatonus
  2. catatony
  3. catatorulin
  4. catatricrotism
  5. Catatumbo
  6. Catatumbo lightning
  7. Cataumet
  8. catawampous
  9. catawampously
  10. catawamptious
  11. catawamptiously

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