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vendavel

vendavel is the alternative form 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

Forms of vendavel

pluralvendavels

Questions about vendavel

What is vendavel the alternative form of?
Vendavel is the alternative form of vendaval.

Words near vendavel in the dictionary

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

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