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etesian

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Adjective
 : 
e=te=sian

CIDE DICTIONARY

etesiana. [L. etesiae, pl., periodic winds, Gr. , fr. year: cf. F. étésien.].
     Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

etesian, adj.

Idiom
Etesian winds NW winds blowing each summer in the E. Mediterranean.
Etymology
L etesius f. Gk etesios annual f. etos year
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