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Euraquilo

Euraquilo is the alternative form of Euroclydon.

Meaning of Euroclydon

Proper noun

Euroclydon

  1. A stormy northeasterly wind mentioned in the Bible (Acts 27:14); any rough wind or storm.
    • It stood on a sharp bleak corner, where that tempestuous wind Euroclydon kept up a worse howling than ever it did about poor Paul's tossed craft. Euroclydon, nevertheless, is a mighty pleasant zephyr to any one in-doors, with his feet on the hob quietly toasting for bed.1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

Questions about Euraquilo

What is Euraquilo the alternative form of?
Euraquilo is the alternative form of Euroclydon.

Words near Euraquilo in the dictionary

  1. Eurailers
  2. Euramerica
  3. Euramerican
  4. Eurangutan
  5. Eurangutans
  6. Euraquilo
  7. Eurasia
  8. Eurasiafrican
  9. Eurasian
  10. Eurasian badger
  11. Eurasian badgers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Euraquilo (page history and authors); Euroclydon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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