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meltemi

meltemi noun: a strong, dry, northerly, seasonal wind in the Aegean sea; etesian wind.

Noun

meltemi (uncountable)

  1. A strong, dry, northerly, seasonal wind in the Aegean sea; etesian wind.

Origin of meltemi

from Greek μελτέμι (meltémi), from Turkish meltem

Questions about meltemi

What does meltemi mean?
Meltemi means a strong, dry, northerly, seasonal wind in the Aegean sea; etesian wind.
What part of speech is meltemi?
Meltemi is a noun.

Words near meltemi in the dictionary

  1. melted up
  2. meltedness
  3. melteigite
  4. melteigites
  5. meltem
  6. meltemi
  7. melter
  8. melters
  9. meltest
  10. melteth
  11. Meltham

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