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meltemi

Pronunciation: /mɛlˈtɛmi/

(also meltemi wind)
Definition of meltemi

noun

  • a dry north-westerly wind which blows during the summer in the eastern Mediterranean.

Origin:

from modern Greek meltémi, Turkish meltem

meltemi in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of meltemi in the US English dictionary