mono wind
/ˈmoʊnoʊ ˈwɪnd/
mono wind is the alternative letter-case form of Mono wind.
Noun capitalized: Mono wind
Mono wind (plural Mono winds)
- A strong dry downslope wind that occurs along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada in California, a type of foehn that typically blows from the northeast.
- […]Mono winds of central California, the northerly winds of the Sacramento Valley, and the East Winds of Washington and Oregon.1959, Kenneth Pickett Davis, Forest Fire: Control and Use, McGraw-Hill Companies
- […]Mono winds. Both winter storm and Mono winds were considered as causes of winter blowdown. All evidence, e.g., direction of tree-fall and occurrence of high wind events, point to Mono wind events as the cause of blowdown.1986, Michael A. Fosberg, Windthrown Trees on the Kings River Ranger District, Sierra National Forest: Meteorological Aspects
Forms of mono wind
| plural | mono winds |
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| plural | Mono winds |
Origin of mono wind
So called because it blows near Mono Lake.
Questions about mono wind
- What does mono wind mean?
- Mono wind means a strong dry downslope wind that occurs along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada in California, a type of foehn that typically blows from the northeast.
- What is mono wind the alternative letter-case form of?
- Mono wind is the alternative letter-case form of Mono wind.
- What part of speech is mono wind?
- Mono wind is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mono wind?
- Mono wind is pronounced /ˈmoʊnoʊ ˈwɪnd/.
- What is the plural of mono wind?
- The plural of mono wind is mono winds.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mono wind (page history and authors); Mono wind (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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