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foehn

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5 lettersPronunciation /fɜːn/Part of speech nounSorted efhnoStarts with FEnds with N0 clues
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  1. a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps

Word origin

Borrowed from German Föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin faōnius, an alteration of Latin favōnius (“west wind”), from Favōnius (“Roman wind god”).

Used in a sentence

  • The foehn and the sun must have awakened the spirits of spring way up in the heights.

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