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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ETESIAN
a.ete'zhan. [L. etesius; Gr. a year. ] Stated; blowing at stated times of the year; periodical. Etesian winds are yearly or anniversary winds, answering to the monsoons of the East Indies. The wind is applied, in Greek and Roman writers, to the periodical winds in the Mediterranean, from whatever quarter they blow.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ETESIAN
E *te "sian, a. Etym: [L. etesiae, pl. , periodic winds, Gr. étésien.]
Defn: Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.
New American Oxford Dictionary
etesian wind
e te sian wind |iˈtēZHən wind ɪˈtiʒən wɪnd |(also Etesian wind ) ▶noun another term for meltemi. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: etesian from Latin etesius ‘annual ’ (from Greek etēsios, from etos ‘year ’) + -an .
Oxford Dictionary
Etesian wind
Etesian wind |ɪˈtiːʒɪən, ɪˈtiːz -, ɪˈtiːʒ (ə )n | ▶noun another term for meltemi. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: Etesian from Latin etesius ‘annual ’ (from Greek etēsios, from etos ‘year ’) + -an .
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