foehn
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Definition(s):
- (n) a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps
Usage(s):
- The foehn is a warm, dry wind that tumbles, sometimes with landslide suddenness, down the northern slopes of the Bavarian Alps.
- In Munich, as in Los Angeles, most residents are convinced that the foehn causes general lassitude, irrational behavior, suicides and an increase in crime.
- Italy suffers each year from the effects of the sirocco, France from the mistral, the Alpine regions from the foehn.
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