gregale

noun

gre·​ga·​le

grāˈgä(ˌ)lā

plural -s

: a strong cold northeast wind of the central Mediterranean

called also Euroclydon

Word History

Etymology

Italian grecale, gregale, from grecale, gregale Greek, from Late Latin Graecalis, from Latin Graecus + -alis -al

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