"Tropæan" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /tɹəʊˈpiːən/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: trōpēʹən [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From Latin tropae(us) (“turning back”, “returning”, adjective) + -an; from the Plinian phrase ventī tropaeī (“sea-breezes”, literally “winds blowing from the sea towards the land”), from Ancient Greek τροπαῖος (tropaîos, adjective) (also used in the noun phrase πνοή τροπαία (pnoḗ tropaía, “an alternating wind, blowing back from sea to land”)), from τρόπος (trópos, “turning”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|tropaeus|tropae(us)|pos=adjective|t=turning back”, “returning}} Latin tropae(us) (“turning back”, “returning”, adjective), {{af|en|-an}} -an, {{der|en|grc|τροπαῖος|pos=adjective}} Ancient Greek τροπαῖος (tropaîos, adjective) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Tropæan (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete, rare, of an air current) Blowing from sea to land. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-Tropæan-en-adj-wQwmPokr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Tropaean

Proper name

IPA: /tɹəʊˈpiːən/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: trōpēʹən [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From Latin tropae(us) (“turning back”, “returning”, adjective) + -an; from the Plinian phrase ventī tropaeī (“sea-breezes”, literally “winds blowing from the sea towards the land”), from Ancient Greek τροπαῖος (tropaîos, adjective) (also used in the noun phrase πνοή τροπαία (pnoḗ tropaía, “an alternating wind, blowing back from sea to land”)), from τρόπος (trópos, “turning”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|tropaeus|tropae(us)|pos=adjective|t=turning back”, “returning}} Latin tropae(us) (“turning back”, “returning”, adjective), {{af|en|-an}} -an, {{der|en|grc|τροπαῖος|pos=adjective}} Ancient Greek τροπαῖος (tropaîos, adjective) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tropæan
  1. (Greek and Roman antiquities, rare) An epithet of Jupiter and Zeus: turner to flight; he who puts to flight. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-Tropæan-en-name-aR9mHf6P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -an, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Tropaean
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