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xistra

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Galician

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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps from Latin caelestis (compare Catalan celístia, "starlight") with semantic evolution "night" > "cold".[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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xistra f (plural xistras)

  1. blizzard
    Synonyms: brea, calistro, cebrisca, cifra, ciobra, corisco, escarabana

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “hielo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos.