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vendavals

vendavals is the plural of vendaval.

Meaning of vendaval

Noun

vendaval (plural vendavals)

  1. A westerly wind, especially one that blows into the Mediterranean Sea around the area of the Straits of Gibraltar and Morocco, or a similar wind in the Philippines.
    • The vendaval gives unequivocal signs of its approach. If the easterly wind be blowing, it will veer to the S.E., the sky will become obscured and the coast concealed, […]1870, R. H. Wyman, Winds, currents, and navigation of the Gulf of Cadiz, the Western Coast of the Spanish Peninsula, and the Strait of Gibraltar, page 4

Questions about vendavals

What is vendavals the plural of?
Vendavals is the plural of vendaval.

Words near vendavals in the dictionary

  1. vendange
  2. vendanges
  3. Vendans
  4. Vendas
  5. vendaval
  6. vendavals
  7. vendavel
  8. vendavels
  9. Vendean
  10. vended
  11. vendee

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