land breeze en · NOUN
Meanings
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A breeze blowing off the land and out to sea, common at night.
The wind continued light and variable all day, with a calm in the evening before the land breeze sprang up.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 165:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| land breezes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (5)
pl bryza (an offshore breeze) · mi tāwhenua (an offshore breeze) · mi pararaki (an offshore breeze) · mi hauwhenua (an offshore breeze) · ca brisa de terra (an offshore breeze)