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Mistral

//mɪˈstɹɑːl// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French.
  2. 2
    Frédéric Mistral (French writer)
Noun
  1. 1
    A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.

    "I saw him, the sea gray under the mistral and foam-flecked, watching the vanishing coast of France, which he was destined never to see again; and I thought there was something gallant in his bearing and dauntless in his soul."

  2. 2
    a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French mistral, from Occitan. Doublet of magistral.

Etymology 2

From French Mistral.

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