bise, east wind, easter, easterly, gregale, levanter, north wind, northeaster, norther, northwester, south wind, southeaster, souther, southerly buster, southwester, tramontane, west wind, wester, westerly
Definitionn. a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter
Last update: October 11, 2015
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Cold dry winds, often of great violence, occur in the Rhone valley (the Mistral), in Istria, and Dalmatia (the Bora), and in the western Caucasus. [Please select]
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The mistral howled in the sunshine, shaking the bare bushes quite furiously. [Please select]
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As we passed various street corners where the mistral blast struck at us fiercely I could feel him shivering by my side. [Please select]
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Truly, as Mistral says, Provence is a land of joy and, laughter, and fêtes followed close on one another, it seemed. [Please select]
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The great reed of the south, Arundo donax, is often used, in the country, for making rough garden-shelters against the mistral or just for fences. [Please select]
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Companies of masks with linked arms and whooping like red Indians swept the streets in crazy rushes while gusts of cold mistral swayed the gas lights as far as the eye could reach. [Please select]
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