Gregale
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Etymology
From Italian grecale, apparently representing a late Latin noun from Graecus ‘Greek’.
Noun
- a strong Mediterranean wind blowing from the north-east
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- 1963: The dog days have ended, the maijstral has ceased to blow. Soon the other wind called gregale will bring the gentle rains to solemnize the sowing of our red wheat. — Thomas Pynchon, V.
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