foehn
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noun
- A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland.
- A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain.
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Etymology
Borrowed from German Föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin faōnius, an alteration of Latin favōnius (“west wind”), from Favōnius (“Roman wind god”).
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