south wind
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English suþwind, corresponding to south + wind.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]south wind (plural south winds)
- A wind blowing from the south. [from 10th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- The watry Southwinde, from the seabord coste / Upblowing, doth disperse the vapour lo'ste, / And poures it selfe forth in a stormy showre [...].
- 2010 December 10, Stephen Lee, The Guardian:
- Snow-melting south winds and rain below 2,400m have marred much of the fantastic early-season base and created off-piste avalanche risk.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]wind blowing from the south