"south wind" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌsaʊθ ˈwɪnd/ [UK] Forms: south winds [plural]
Etymology: From Old English suþwind, corresponding to south + wind. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|suþwind}} Old English suþwind, {{m|en|south}} south, {{m|en|wind}} wind Head templates: {{en-noun}} south wind (plural south winds)
  1. A wind blowing from the south. Categories (topical): Wind Synonyms: southwind Coordinate_terms: north wind (alt: northwind), east wind (alt: eastwind), west wind (alt: westwind) Translations (wind blowing from the south): etelätuuli (Finnish), vent du sud (French), ábrego [masculine] (Galician), vendaval [masculine] (Galician), gaoth aneas [feminine] (Irish), 南風 (minamikaze) (alt: みなみかぜ) (Japanese), timuR (Kavalan), á'a (Omaha-Ponca), sulano [masculine] (Portuguese), sulvento [masculine] (Portuguese), vendaval [archaic, masculine] (Portuguese), kusi (Swahili), sunnanvind (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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