Fata Morgana en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌfɑːtə mɔːˈɡɑːnə/ (UK)
- /ˌfɑtə mɔɹˈɡɑnə/ (US)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).
Meanings
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A form of mirage seen just above the horizon, caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, in which multiple upright and inverted images of a distant object appear to be stacked on top of each other in a highly distorted fashion; especially one seen at sea, and particularly in the Strait of Messina.
A mirage, or fata morgana, was lately witnessed at Stralsund, in Pomerania.
1846, editorial staff, “A City in the Air”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 101:
Forms
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| fata morgana | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Fata Morganas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (45)
it fata morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · da fatamorgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · bg фата моргана (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · cmn 複雜蜃景 /复杂蜃景 (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · uk фа́та-морга́на (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · et fatamorgaana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · pt fata morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · ru фа́та-морга́на (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · ca fata morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · ms logamaya (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · es Fata Morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · sl fatamorgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · ro fata morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · id kemendang (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · es fatamorgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · sv fata morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · id bayangan maya (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · pt Fata Morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · pl fatamorgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · cs fata morgána (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · ja ファタ・モルガーナ (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · sk fatamorgána (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · ta ஃபேடே மார்கனே (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · sh фатаморга̀на (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · la fata morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · fr Fata Morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · ja 浮島 (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · el Φάτα Μοργκάνα (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · fi fata morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · de Fata Morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · el φάτα μοργκάνα (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · mk фатаморгана (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · cmn 法達摩加納 /法达摩加纳 (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · uz Morgana sarobi (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · eo fatamorgano (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · ar فَاتَا مُورْغَانَا (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · ko 모르가나 선녀 (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · nl fata morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · hu délibáb (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · id fatamorgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · it fatamorgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · sh fatamorgàna (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · fi ilmalinnakangastus (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · he פָאטָה מוֹרְגָּנָה (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion) · ja 浮き島 (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion)