English
Etymology
From Latin etesius �annual�, from Greek ε�η�ιο�, from ε�ο� �year�.
Pronunciation
IPA: /ɪ'ti:zɪ�n/, /ɪ'ti:��n/
Adjective
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- pertaining to a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean
#:*1997: Dixon, assailed without mercy by his Sensorium, almost in a swoon, finds himself, on Nights of Cloud, less and less able to forgo emerging at dusk, cloaked against the Etesian wind, and making directly for the prohibited parts of town. � Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
Noun
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- a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean
Category:Weather
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