"north wind" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: north winds [plural]
Etymology: Old English norþwind, corresponding to north (originally an adverb) + wind. Compare Dutch noordwind, German Nordwind. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|norþwind}} Old English norþwind, {{m|en|north}} north, {{m|en|wind}} wind, {{m|nl|noordwind}} noordwind, {{m|de|Nordwind}} Nordwind Head templates: {{en-noun}} north wind (plural north winds)
  1. A wind blowing from the north. Categories (topical): Wind Synonyms: northwind Related terms: northerly Coordinate_terms: east wind, south wind, west wind, nor'easter, norther Translations (wind blowing from the north): tramuntana [feminine] (Catalan), 北風 (Chinese Mandarin), 北风 (běifēng) (Chinese Mandarin), bura [feminine] (Dalmatian), pohjoistuuli (Finnish), vent du nord [masculine] (French), aquilon (French), norte [masculine] (Galician), nortada [feminine] (Galician), Biiswind [Alemannic-German, masculine] (German), βοριάς (voriás) [masculine] (Greek), avannaq (Greenlandic), amihan (Hiligaynon), amian (Ilocano), gaoth aduaidh [feminine] (Irish), tramontana [feminine, specific] (Italian), 北風 (kitakaze) (Japanese), 북풍 (bukpung) (alt: 北風) (Korean), aquilō (Latin), septentriō (Latin), nordavind [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nordavind [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), giiwedin (Ojibwe), nortada [feminine] (Portuguese), crivăț [neuter] (Romanian), acvilon (Romanian), cierzo [masculine] (Spanish), kaskazi (Swahili), upepo wa kaskazini [class-11, class-12, class-14] (Swahili), nordanvind (Swedish)

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